Demand for international airport at Agra grows

Agra: From a city that is home to the Taj Mahal and gets around 12,000 tourists a day comes the growing demand for an international airport. Tourism industry leaders, in fact, are crying foul that such a facility is coming up in the relatively unknown area of Jewar nearby.
They say for one reason or the other, political decision makers have been ignoring or deliberately shelving Agra's claim for an international airport.
The Indian government last year cleared the Taj international airport project at Jewar in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, midway between Greater Noida and Agra.
Those in the aviation business say any new airport should be at least 150 km away from the existing airport.
This makes Agra the ideal venue for an airport that can handle international air traffic, says exporter Har Vijay Singh Bahia, who is a frequent globetrotter.
Foreign tourists are astonished that Agra doesn't have flights.
02/11/07 Brij Khandelwal/Khabrein.info

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