<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will send a proposal for the second international airport for Bengaluru to the Centre after getting a nod from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Minister M B Patil said on Sunday.</p><p>He, however, refused to disclose the location chosen for the second airport.</p><p>"In the next two to three days, we will have a meeting with the chief minister, where we will brief him. We will present all the facts before him," Patil, who holds the infrastructure portfolio, told reporters here.</p>.Location for Bengaluru's second airport to be finalised strictly on merit: Minister M B Patil.<p>He added that the state government would then send the proposal to the Government of India for approval.</p><p>According to government sources, five locations were identified. However, there is a growing demand to have it in Tumakuru, though Dobbespet, Bidadi and Harohalli are also possible locations.</p><p>The government is planning the second airport as the one at Devanahalli in Bengaluru is reaching its saturation in terms of traffic, they added. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will send a proposal for the second international airport for Bengaluru to the Centre after getting a nod from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Minister M B Patil said on Sunday.</p><p>He, however, refused to disclose the location chosen for the second airport.</p><p>"In the next two to three days, we will have a meeting with the chief minister, where we will brief him. We will present all the facts before him," Patil, who holds the infrastructure portfolio, told reporters here.</p>.Location for Bengaluru's second airport to be finalised strictly on merit: Minister M B Patil.<p>He added that the state government would then send the proposal to the Government of India for approval.</p><p>According to government sources, five locations were identified. However, there is a growing demand to have it in Tumakuru, though Dobbespet, Bidadi and Harohalli are also possible locations.</p><p>The government is planning the second airport as the one at Devanahalli in Bengaluru is reaching its saturation in terms of traffic, they added. </p>