Surat: The Surat Diamond Association (SDA) and the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide international airport at Surat at the earliest to facilitate smooth import and export of polished and rough diamonds.
SDA office-bearers said that polished diamonds worth over Rs 1 lakh crore are processed in Surat and exported to various countries via Mumbai per annum. The amount of rough diamonds being imported per annum is pegged at over Rs 70,000 crore.
Talking to TOI, SDA president and GJEPC's regional chairman, Dinesh Navadiya said, "It is our long pending demand for international airport at Surat. Surat is the hub of diamond manufacturing in the world and it doesn't have even domestic connectivity, forget about the international airport. We have strongly represented the PM to consider long pending demand."
Navadiya added, "The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sent the proposal for custom-notified airport, which is likely to be considered in a short span of time. We would require cargo facilities, so that Surat could be directly connected with Antwerp and Dubai, the two main diamond hubs of the world."
15/02/17 Times of India
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SDA office-bearers said that polished diamonds worth over Rs 1 lakh crore are processed in Surat and exported to various countries via Mumbai per annum. The amount of rough diamonds being imported per annum is pegged at over Rs 70,000 crore.
Talking to TOI, SDA president and GJEPC's regional chairman, Dinesh Navadiya said, "It is our long pending demand for international airport at Surat. Surat is the hub of diamond manufacturing in the world and it doesn't have even domestic connectivity, forget about the international airport. We have strongly represented the PM to consider long pending demand."
Navadiya added, "The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sent the proposal for custom-notified airport, which is likely to be considered in a short span of time. We would require cargo facilities, so that Surat could be directly connected with Antwerp and Dubai, the two main diamond hubs of the world."
15/02/17 Times of India
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