Jamshedpur: The state government and Airports Authority of India (AAI) inked an MoU on Thursday to develop an abandoned World War II-era airstrip nearly 65km from the steel city into a modern airport in the presence of a host of visiting dignitaries, including Union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha and department secretary R.N. Choubey who praised Jharkhand for being the first state to take the initiative to remodel an old airfield.
At a function organised at the airstrip at Dhalbhumgarh in Ghatshila, chief minister Raghubar Das also laid the foundation stone of the proposed airport after the MoU was signed by state director (operations) of transport and civil aviation Capt S. N. Sinha and director of Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport P. R. Beuria.
The two officials also inked an MoU for a joint venture and land lease agreement for another airport at Deogarh.
Addressing the gathering, Choubey said, “We had found that nearly 400 such abandoned airstrips belonging to the British era exists in almost all states and Union territories. And as a part of the regional connectivity scheme, we had sent a proposal to all for their revival. With the laying of the foundation stone, Jharkhand has become the first state to start the process of revival of such airstrips,” he said.
The civil aviation secretary who had held a series of meeting with state government officials both in Jamshedpur and Dhalbhumgarh over the last year, said that in the first phase, Rs 100-crore would be spent on construction of the airport on 240 acres. The airport, he promised, would be made operational in 18 months.
“In the first phase, ATR-72 planes will be operated from the airport which will have a terminal building of 15,000 sqft area with a capacity to accommodate 150 passengers at a time. It will have six check-in counters, sufficient parking space, capacity to accommodate two ATR planes at a time and a runway that is 1,745 metre long and 30 metre wide. In the second phase, we will require more land to accommodate Airbus 320 and Boeing planes,” Choubey explained.
25/01/19 Animesh Bisoee/Telegraph
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At a function organised at the airstrip at Dhalbhumgarh in Ghatshila, chief minister Raghubar Das also laid the foundation stone of the proposed airport after the MoU was signed by state director (operations) of transport and civil aviation Capt S. N. Sinha and director of Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport P. R. Beuria.
The two officials also inked an MoU for a joint venture and land lease agreement for another airport at Deogarh.
Addressing the gathering, Choubey said, “We had found that nearly 400 such abandoned airstrips belonging to the British era exists in almost all states and Union territories. And as a part of the regional connectivity scheme, we had sent a proposal to all for their revival. With the laying of the foundation stone, Jharkhand has become the first state to start the process of revival of such airstrips,” he said.
The civil aviation secretary who had held a series of meeting with state government officials both in Jamshedpur and Dhalbhumgarh over the last year, said that in the first phase, Rs 100-crore would be spent on construction of the airport on 240 acres. The airport, he promised, would be made operational in 18 months.
“In the first phase, ATR-72 planes will be operated from the airport which will have a terminal building of 15,000 sqft area with a capacity to accommodate 150 passengers at a time. It will have six check-in counters, sufficient parking space, capacity to accommodate two ATR planes at a time and a runway that is 1,745 metre long and 30 metre wide. In the second phase, we will require more land to accommodate Airbus 320 and Boeing planes,” Choubey explained.
25/01/19 Animesh Bisoee/Telegraph
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