Tatas to build airport in Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur: Tata’s are planning to build a world class airport in Jamshedpur to provide the steel city with a better connectivity.
Speaking at a Press conference, Mr B Muthuraman , managing director, Tata Steel said, “We have already identified the land near Adityapur. However everything is not in our hands. We need to take up the issue with the government and a lot needs to be done before the project actually kicks off.”
He was speaking on the occasion of inaugural Kolkata- Jamshedpur flight of Air Deccan at Sonari aerodrome today, marking the centenary celebrations of first private steel plant of the country, Tata Steel.
Asked why Tata Steel was not interested in upgrading the existing aerodrome, Mr Muthuraman said there were restrictions in doing that as not much land is available around it. The present airport in the city has a small runway and is not suitable for landing big aircraft. However, the way commercial activities are growing in the steel city more flights are expected to come, he added. The new airport will have a runway of 7000 feet.
26/08/07 Saket Sundria/The Statesman

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