Jharsuguda to have airport

Bhubaneswar: The Centre plans to set up an airport at Jharsuguda in Western Orissa besides upgrading the existing Biju Patnaik airport here to that of international standards, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel announced here on Monday.
Addressing a meeting here to mark the merger of State unit of the Janata Dal (S) and Orissa Gana Parishad (OGP) with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Patel said as one airport is not adequate for the State, the Centre has decided to develop another one in Orissa.
Referring to the substantial decrease in air tariff, Patel said the Centre aimed to make air travel affordable for the middle and lower middle class people who constitute majority of the country’s population.
25/09/07 Newindpress

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