Step motherly treatment to Amritsar Airport: AVM

Amritsar: The Amritsar Vikas Manch (NGO) has blamed the Punjab Government for giving step motherly treatment towards Amritsar International Airport.
In a joint press note Prof. Mohan Singh Manch Patron and. Amrit Lal Mannan General Secretary said that present state government seemed much worried for the Mohali Airport and is least bothered for the Amritsar airport.
The Manch leaders added that the Punjab Government instantly provided eleven hundred Crores rupees in the budget for the Mohali Airport but has not bothered to spare even a single penny for Amritsar Airport . Punjab Govt has acquired 300 acres of land for the Mohali Airport at an exorbitant price of Rs. 450 Crores in a record time of three to four months and handed it over to the Airport Authority of India. While on the other hand the required acquisition of only 44 acres of land costing only 20-22 Crores for the Amritsar airport is hanging for the last two years, thanks to the anti Amritsar policy of the Punjab Govt.
One fails to understand the over anxious stance of the Punjab government. for the introduction of International flight from Chandigarh while both the Chandigarh administration and Haryana government are silent or not so active, NGO alleged.
24/07/09 Jagmohan Singh/Punjab Newsline

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009