Dibrugarh: A move by the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) threatens to scuttle expansion plans for the Dibrugarh Airport at Mohanbari here. The ITBP, which is scouting for a plot of land to set up their battalion here, has of late set its sights on land belonging to Manohari tea estate. The problem is, land belonging to this same estate is also required by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), for further development of the Dibrugarh airport.
Assam has several operational airports, but a majority of these belong to the Indian Air Force, and civil airlines use civilian enclaves in these airports for commercial operations in Silchar, Tezpur and Jorhat.
The AAI owns three airports, the ones at Guwahati, Dibrugarh and North Lakhimpur. While the LGBI Airport at Guwahati has been made an international airport, a similar plan is also on the anvil for the Dibrugarh Airport, and hence the need for additional land here.
In December 2009, the AAI authority here wrote to the Dibrugarh district administration, requesting acquisition of 277 acres (approximately 835 bighas) to facilitate expansion of the civil airport at Mohanbari. As a result of this official communication, the district administration here is finalising procedures to hand over the required land to the AAI.
09/08/11 Assam Tribune
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