Monday, September 26, 2016

Land identified to make Bihta airport operational for flyers

The Patna district administration has identified 125.55 acres of land at Vishambharpur and Kutlupur and submitted the plan to the state's cabinet coordination department to develop Bihta airport for civil aviation purposes. The plan is to develop a civil enclave which will have terminal building, parking lot, cargo and apron besides other facilities for flyers. The runway and air traffic control (ATC) service of the present Bihta airport will be used for civil aircraft landing and take-off.
"We have finalized and submitted the land map plan and waiting for the go-ahead from the cabinet coordination committee, which deals with the civil aviation matters in the state. Once we get the nod, the land acquisition process will be initiated and rates will be finalized as per the new state land acquisition policy," Patna DM Sanjay Kumar Agarwal told TOI on Sunday. Once the land acquisition plan is approved, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) would come up with its map to develop a civil enclave for the airport, he said. The DM, however, said it was yet not clear whether the state or central government would bear the cost of land to be acquired for the purpose.
AAI sources said the Indian Air Force would need to spare only three acres of land from the Bihta base for the civil enclave. They also said the land identified for the proposed civil enclave was only 500 metres away from NH-30.
26/09/16 Debashish Karmakar/The Times Of India
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