Hyderabad: Telangana State is currently investigating setting up water aerodromes at a few water system projects in the State. One such has proactively been proposed at Nagarjuna Sagar, said Telangana Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy.

Talking at the debut of the common flying industry occasion 'Wings India 2022' here at the Begumpet air terminal on Friday, he said Telangana likewise has plans to set up helipads in all regions at the coordinated collectorate edifices. The State is additionally wanting to set up an aviation college in relationship with industry.

"In accordance with the subject 'Flying for every one' of the Wings India occasion, we have proposed to set up three greenfield air terminals and three brownfield air terminals in Telangana. The greenfield air terminals are proposed in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar. The brownfield air terminals are proposed in Mamnoor in Warangal, Basant Nagar in Peddapalli and Adilabad. The techno-plausibility reads have been finished for these are under the assessment of the public authority," he said.

Plausibility report

The State has proposed a water aerodrome in Nagarjuna Sagar and the plausibility report is finished by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The Telangana government is likewise taking a gander at different areas for other water aerodromes, he said. A water aerodrome or seaplane base is an area of untamed water utilised via seaplanes, float-planes and land and/or water capable aeroplanes for landing and taking off.

"We consider MRO to be an incredible chance for venture and high worth business in the State. Telangana has two MROs operated by GMR and Air India. We are in dynamic conversations with a couple of OEMs and administrators. Our environment offers the best framework and skillbase for the MRO area," he said.

Aviation area

There is significant development in the aviation area and Hyderabad has arisen as the most favoured aviation producing objective. Driving OEMs, for example, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, GE, Safran and others have laid out different creation lines in Hyderabad. Goodbye Group has a significant presence in Hyderabad. Adani, and Kalyani bunches are additionally growing in Hyderabad, he said.

Presence of numerous huge as well as SME players forecast well for the development of OEMs. Telangana has five committed aviation parks and north of 50 general designing parks taking care of the aviation, accuracy and unified sections, he said.

Drone utilisation

Telangana is the principal State to think of its own robot strategy to foster a robot environment in the State. The State government is working with new businesses and modern accomplices to spearhead drone utilisation in medical care, agribusiness, mining and regulation authorization. The Government of Telangana in organisation with the World Economic Forum has sent off the medication from the sky project. Drones are being utilised for medication and immunisation conveyance, he said.

Declaring that aviation is a centre region for Telangana, he said the State was the first to slice the VAT on the flight turbine fuel from 16% to one percent, setting a model for different States to follow. The Telangana Aviation Corporation and Tourism office has been directing helicopter drives around in different spots in the State. As of late, they were directed in Mulugu for the Sammakka Saralamma jatara.