Bangalore: The Centre has assured that all hurdles in the Devanahalli international airport project near Bangalore will be cleared by March 15, Chief Minister S M Krishna said on February 11.

Krishna said this assurance was given by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during his meeting with him at Delhi on February 10, wherein the latter said "All cobwebs and hurdles in the project will be cleared by March 15."

"The airport project got into problems earlier, most of these were man-created and institution-created," Krishna said during his inaugural address at the Connect II meet of the tourism department.

Karnataka government's fervent plea for an amendment to the Airports Authority Act making provision for a private-sector airport "fell on deaf ears", he said.

However, now "it has been officially conveyed that all obstacles will be cleared and the airport project will become a reality soon", he added.

PTI