Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Friday discussed issues related to poor air connectivity in the state with union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and suggested several crucial proposals.
“Since our state does not have a wide rail network or waterways, roads become the only link for communication. But the difficult terrain over which these roads run, make travel very difficult and there are places not connected by roads that makes communication a major constraint for development,” Pul said during a meeting with the minister at New Delhi.
He stressed on air connectivity saying that it is the only viable alternative and the most obvious candidate for serious planning and investment, an official release informed here today.
Impressing upon the urgency to establish a civilian airport at Itanagar, Pul said. “It is a great irony that we are today perhaps the only state in the entire country, which does not have a functional civilian airport with any commercial airline operations.”
He said the matter of a civilian airport for state capital has been hanging for long which need quick implementation at a location, which is logistically most convenient and cost effective. In absence of air connectivity the development of the state has been getting hampered, the chief minister pointed out.
11/06/16 Sentinel Assam
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“Since our state does not have a wide rail network or waterways, roads become the only link for communication. But the difficult terrain over which these roads run, make travel very difficult and there are places not connected by roads that makes communication a major constraint for development,” Pul said during a meeting with the minister at New Delhi.
He stressed on air connectivity saying that it is the only viable alternative and the most obvious candidate for serious planning and investment, an official release informed here today.
Impressing upon the urgency to establish a civilian airport at Itanagar, Pul said. “It is a great irony that we are today perhaps the only state in the entire country, which does not have a functional civilian airport with any commercial airline operations.”
He said the matter of a civilian airport for state capital has been hanging for long which need quick implementation at a location, which is logistically most convenient and cost effective. In absence of air connectivity the development of the state has been getting hampered, the chief minister pointed out.
11/06/16 Sentinel Assam
