Dabolim and Mopa

The chief ministers of Goa over the last 4 years, Digambar Kamat and Manohar Parrikar, seem determined to develop a new airport at Mopa. The few stated reasons for this follows the classic FUD format - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt! These include :

1. Dabolim Airport will be saturated at 3 million passengers a year. We will soon have 6 million passengers a year. Wide bodied aircraft cannot land at Dabolim.
2. It is better to have a second airport. Regional Airports are doing well. It reduces travel distances.
3. We can create an export hub at the airport. We can also create a food processing area.
4. The Mopa land anyway has a bauxite mining lease on it. It is preferable to build an airport instead.

 As I will show below, these are bogus. A Government serious about Goa and what can be implemented would spend its time on Dabolim and not acquire vast tracts of land needlessly for a second airport.