Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has pitched for air connectivity between Bhubaneswar and West Asian as well as South-East Asian nations while reiterating his demand for declaring the Biju Patnaik airport in the city as an international airport.
The demand was raised by Patnaik during his meeting with Union minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh in New Delhi on Thursday.
Patnaik pointed out that Odisha still remained deprived of international operations despite attracting a rush of investment proposals across sectors. Total investments proposed in Odisha in calendar 2011 stood at Rs 3.21 lakh crore, the highest among all states.
He stressed upon the need to provide adequate infrastructural support to the aviation sector to ensure unhindered industrialisation and also keeping in view the growing inflow of domestic as well as international tourists.
21/09/12 Business Standard
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The demand was raised by Patnaik during his meeting with Union minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh in New Delhi on Thursday.
Patnaik pointed out that Odisha still remained deprived of international operations despite attracting a rush of investment proposals across sectors. Total investments proposed in Odisha in calendar 2011 stood at Rs 3.21 lakh crore, the highest among all states.
He stressed upon the need to provide adequate infrastructural support to the aviation sector to ensure unhindered industrialisation and also keeping in view the growing inflow of domestic as well as international tourists.
21/09/12 Business Standard
