Paradip to have airstrip as investment pours in to the port town

Bhubaneshwar: Orissa’s port town Paradip will soon have an airstrip. The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) in its board meeting on July 29 last has approved a proposal in this regard.
PPT chairman Biplap Kumar on Friday told “The ET”, “Though no decision has been taken on the mode of establishment of the airstrip, there is every possibility involving a private partner in developing the airstrip”.
Sources said the union shipping ministry has also given its nod and now taken up the matter with civil aviation ministry and sought his approval. With fast industrialization in and around Paradip, construction of an airport has become inevitable. Paradip now has a helipad and the airport will come up near the helipad.
Paradip port has of late emerged as one of the busiest ports in eastern India, especially because in the boom in metal and metal based industries sectors.
Absence of an airstrip at Paradip and the jammed traffic through 150 km road journey from Bhubaneswar to Paradip has been identified as a major stumbling block to woo business leaders who have shown interest to set up other ventures.
17/09/10 Nageshwar Patnaik/Economic Times

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