Sonepur in airport site race

Patna: Space constraint at Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna has forced the state government to look north of the Ganga.
The government is mulling to develop a new airport for Patna in Sonepur, near the northern end of under-construction Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge. This is the first time that the name of Sonepur has been mentioned as a prospective site for developing a new airport for the state capital.
“The existing airport is facing location constraints and it would not be possible to make it compatible for future requirements. The upcoming rail-cum-road bridge (Digha-Sonepur) would play a major role in charting the future of the state capital. The government is mulling to develop the new airport for Patna near the northern end of Digha-Sonepur bridge. The bridge, once completed, would cut down the distance between Patna town and Sonepur airport site to 15km (at present, it is 30km via Gandhi Setu). Moreover, this airport would be free from impediments of land acquisition and obstructions in the runway funnel, as the site is a non-cultivable land owned by the government and has minimal constructions in and around,” a senior state government officer told The Telegraph.
28/05/12 Piyush Kumar Tripathi/The Telegraph

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