Avion prilazi mumbajskom aerodromu

Odobrena je izgradnja novog, drugog po redu aerodroma u indijskom gradu Mumbaju, saopštile su tamošnje vlasti. Novi terminal biće izgrađen na lokaciji koja se nalazi na nešto više od sat vremena vožnje od centra grada. Ministar za životnu sredinu Indije Džajram Rameš istakao je da je čitav projekat tako koncipiran da neće negativno uticati na prirodno okruženje.

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For many years it's been a battleground between environmentalists and developers. But finally Navi or New Mumbai has officially been confirmed as the location for Mumbai's second airport. Announcing his ministry's support for the development, the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said authorities had already met 32 ecological conditions.

The government blocked the diversion of a local river and also sought agreement from developers that nearby mangroves will not be destroyed. But in other ways, the ministry has softened its stance.

It's given authorities the all-clear to level a 90 metre-high hill for the construction of two parallel runways. Mr Ramesh insisted that the development needed to be environmentally friendly, ecologically sound and energy efficient. Areas like Navi Mumbai, he said, had to be protected as the green lungs of India's financial capital.

Once it's completed, the authorities hope the new airport will ease air traffic congestion and entice more people to do business in the Navi Mumbai area. Local reports say the airport will take four years to build and by 2030 it will be able to handle 40 million passengers a year.

Nidhi Dutt, BBC News, Mumbai

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environmentalists
aktivisti koji se zalažu za zaštitu životne sredine

developers
investitori, ljudi koji kupuju zemljište i na njemu grade kako bi zaradili novac

ecological conditions
pravila čiji je cilj zaštita životne sredine

mangroves
drveće koje raste na obali reka u zemljama sa toplijom klimom

softened its stance
ublažiti stav, prići nečemu s više razumevanja

runways
aerodromske piste

the green lungs
"zelena pluća" - parkovi i zelene površine koji stvaraju "ekološku ravnotežu"

air traffic congestion
gužva u vazdušnom saobraćaju

entice
mamac, namamljivanje

to handle
rukovati nečim, kontrolisati neku situaciju