Major Push For Civil Aviation In Northeast

The civil aviation ministry has drawn up a major plan to boost air traffic in northeastern states by constructing four new airports at a cost of Rs.3.5 billion ($85 million), a senior official said Wednesday.
The ministry will also make operational the 12 airports that are not being used currently in the region, even as efforts will be made to step the investment for maintenance of airports at the national level, the official added.
'The government of India has launched a very careful roadmap for the development of airport network in the northeast region,' N.K. Srivastava, joint secretary in the civil aviation ministry, told an aviation summit here.
'There are currently 12 operational airports in the northeast and about the same number of airports which were operational before. We are looking at making these 12 airports operational,' he said.
'In addition to that, four new greenfield airports will be developed at Sikkim, Kohima, Itanagar and Tamang,' he told the seminar organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) here.
27/06/07 NEWSPost India

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