Delay in resumption of air services: Traders mull Cooch Behar bandh

Cooch Behar: Local traders are planning to call a general bandh in Cooch Behar to protest against delay in resumption of air services from the Cooch Behar airport. It may be recalled that the resumption of air services from the Cooch Behar airport, scheduled for the Independence Day, was postponed at the last moment, much to the chagrin of the trader community and others.
Angry traders have demanded intervention of the Union civil aviation minister, Mr Praful Patel and chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the matter. “We are not ready to accept mere promises any more,” said a local trader. He threatened that if the authorities concerned fail to resume the air service by 15 September, they will call a 24-hour bandh in Cooch Behar district as a mark of protest.
District Trinamul Congress president Mr Rabindra Nath Ghosh said that the authorities had promised several times about resumption of air services but nothing has been done so far.
19/08/07 The Statesman

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