Prime Minister would intervene to rescue Amritsar Airport

New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday assured that he would personally speak to Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on the issue of withdrawal of Air India (AI)’s Amritsar-London-Toronto flight from Rajasansi International Airport. He made the assurance to a high level delegation, led by Amritsar-West Congress MLA OP Soni.
PM who gave the patience hearing to the delegations that comprised top industrialists and traders said he wants that the airport thrive, as it is a booster for the economy of the state. the meeting with PM lasted more tha half an hour.
Soni said that they also submitted a memorandum to PM that contained 8-9 important issues including the compensation to the farmers having their lands across the barbed fence on the Indo-Pak border.
"We also demanded that a monitoring of the central funds being released to the SAD-BJP government in the state is made as the funds are being misused", Soni said.
He said that Amritsar already have paid a heavy price of political neglect and since partition being marginalized in term of overall growth as compared to other palces in Punjab.
20/09/10 Ravinder Singh Robin/Punjab Newsline

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