Orissa to get second airport at Jharsuguda

Bhubaneswar: The Centre plans to set up another airport at Jharsuguda in western Orissa besides upgrading the existing Biju Patnaik Airport here to that of international standard, Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel said on Monday.
Announcing the Centre's plan, he said that as one airport is not adequate for the state, the Centre has decided to develop another one in Orissa.
"The Centre will also upgrade the Bjiu Patnaik Airport since there are a lot of activities here," Patel told a meeting here.
Mentioning that the air tariff had subsantially come down, 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.
The union minister's announcement about an international airport came in the wake of rapid industrialisation drive in the state with investors making a beeline for it.
24/09/07 PTI/Economic Times

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