The Centre has decided to renovate and develop around 400 abandoned airstrips across the country to strengthen air-connectivity, a senior official said Thursday. Like the proposed Dhalbhumgarh airstrip that had been developed by Britishers during the World War II in Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district, Secretary of Union Civil Aviation department R N Choubey said there were 400 such airstrips lying abandoned across the country.
"The air strips were all our assets and we are willing to renovate them... Develop those strips as modern airports with the respective state governments to improve air connectivity," Choubey said.
He was addressing a gathering after Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das performed the ground breaking ceremony for a proposed airport in
Dhalbhumgarh, about 65 km from here, under Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district.
Choubey said Das and Sinha have asked the ministry to make all possible efforts to set up an airport at Jamshedpur, considered the industrial capital of Jharkhand.
On the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a drive has been launched to renovate and develop abandoned airstrips to improve air connectivity, he said.
25/01/19 PTI/ZeeBiz
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"The air strips were all our assets and we are willing to renovate them... Develop those strips as modern airports with the respective state governments to improve air connectivity," Choubey said.
He was addressing a gathering after Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das performed the ground breaking ceremony for a proposed airport in
Dhalbhumgarh, about 65 km from here, under Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district.
Choubey said Das and Sinha have asked the ministry to make all possible efforts to set up an airport at Jamshedpur, considered the industrial capital of Jharkhand.
On the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a drive has been launched to renovate and develop abandoned airstrips to improve air connectivity, he said.
25/01/19 PTI/ZeeBiz
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