India forges stronger air connectivity with Nepal

Kathmandu: With the aim to forge better connectivity between India and Nepal, New Delhi has drafted several dream plans in the Himalayan nation.
India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee claimed the air connectivity between India and Nepal would also improve during the next couple of months. At present, Kathmandu has direct air link with Kolkata, Varanasi and New Delhi, and all the sectors are jam-packed.
Some of the airlines companies are now planning to have direct flights from Kathmandu to Patna, Guwahati, Bagdogra and Bangalore.
In fact, Nepal’s aviation infrastructure is one of best in South Asia, and because of the hostile terrain and deteriorating law and order problems, people now prefer to travel by air within the country.
Interestingly, the tiny Himalayan nation has as many as 54 operational airports, and 17-seater twin-otter aircrafts even fly into some of the hilly and inaccessible districts.
06/07/07 Anirban Roy/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2007