Plan for new airport for Bhubaneswar takes wings

Bhubaneswar: The city has moved a step closer to its dream of an international airport with the state government identifying over 2,000 acres of land, around 40 km south of the capital, on National Highway 5 for it. "We have identified over 2,000 acre near Jankia and Malipada villages. The survey work is on," Khurda collector Hrusikesh Tripathy said.
Sources said land of around 20 villages, including Gayabandha, Malipada, Dalaka, Pota and Godipada, a large tract of cashew plantation belonging to the Orissa State Cashew Development Corporation, are being considered for the proposed international airport.
Official sources said the area was considered for three main reasons. One, the government has a big patch of land available in the area. So the proposed airport would require minimum land acquisition and displacement. Secondly, the NH will provide good connectivity to the airport from the city. Thirdly, it will be a strategically located for Cuttack-Bhubaneswar urban complex as well as Puri and Berhampur.
The airport would be close to the proposed South City being developed by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority. BDA has taken up development of a modern integrated township over 1208.39 acre in the south-west corridor of the city.
18/06/11 Ashok Pradhan/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2011, New Jun 2011