Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara wants Bengaluru’s second airport near Tumakuru

TUMAKURU: Even as DCM DK Shivakumar has been pitching for a site close to his Kanakapura Assembly constituency, between Bidadi and Harohalli, to host Bengaluru’s second international airport, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara has continued to advocate strongly in favour of his hometown, Tumakuru.

“I have requested Minister of Large-scale Industries and Infrastructure MB Patil to set up Bengaluru’s second international airport in the vicinity of Tumakuru. Land has already been identified in two places — 3,000 acres off NH-48 near Vasantha Narasapura Industrial Area, and 4,000-5,000 acres near Seebi temple in Sira taluk,” he told reporters, after attending Republic Day celebrations at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium here on Sunday.