Hosur & Parandur airports to soon become cargo hubs

According to Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), the nodal agency for developing the two greenfield airports in Hosur and Parandur, located in the industrial hubs of Krishnagiri and Kancheepuram districts respectively will soon have cargo villages.  TIDCO is planning for the facility to meet the requirements of industries in both the regions. Sandeep Nanduri, MD, TIDCO, said the facility at Parandur would have a capacity to handle one million metric tonnes of cargo. It will have a full-fledged cargo facility, and a cargo village is also being planned, he added. Noting that a proper cargo infrastructure was lacking in the existing airport in Chennai for various legacy issues, he said the cargo village would have a direct connectivity to the upcoming Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) at Mappedu in the neighbouring Tiruvallur district, said reports.