Helipad plan at Jharkhand CM home

Ranchi: The Jharkhand government does not have a helicopter after its hired Agusta crash-landed in Dumka last April, but the state would soon have two helipads at its disposal.
While one standard-sized helipad will be ready at the chief minister’s house by the end of August, another helipad of the same size would be constructed at Khunti, about 50 km from Ranchi.
The helipad at the chief minister’s residence, said officials, would save time and money and is also gives a safer alternative to Koda.
Koda is not the only person in the government set to get a facelift on the residence. A Rs 42-lakh, double-storeyed building would be constructed beside the Doranda-based government residence of building construction minister Ainosh Ekka.
Tenders have been floated for the three-bedroom building, with plans to finish it within five months.
Ekka wants to shift to the new house as his present accommodation is about 80 years old and often needs repair. The building construction minister has spent less than Rs 10 lakh on his official accommodation, unlike many ministers and bureaucrats who have spent over Rs 50 lakh, said an official.
The helipad, however, would be a novelty as Jharkhand would probably be one of the few states with such a facility on the chief minister’s house, an official said.
20/05/07 Anupam Sheshank/The Telegraph

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Categories: General Aviation May 2007