Bengaluru, Aug. 10 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday backed the demand for setting up the proposed second airport for Bengaluru in the Tumakuru region, saying the location would be more beneficial to people across central Karnataka, while stressing that the project must meet technical and regulatory requirementsResponding to the demand for locating Bengaluru's second airport in Tumakuru, Parameshwara said the government had maintained from the beginning that the location should be assessed both from the technical perspective and in terms of its overall utility.
"If it is located somewhere near the State border, the question is how useful it will be. If it comes up in Tumakuru, people from around 20 districts, particularly...