Jamshedpur: Construction for the ambitious greenfield domestic airport project in Dhalbhumgarh will begin by October 30, East Singhbhum officials said on Monday.
Currently, trees are being felled and the administration will procure enviromental clearance for a portion of the area under the jurisdiction of the forest department in the next three weeks to start construction work.
Deputy commissioner Ravi Shankar said, "The forest clearance process has reached the second-stage level and we will obtain an approval in the next three to four weeks. We aim to launch flight operations from the proposed airport by 2022."
Situated at Dhalbhumgarh in Ghatshila subdivision, about 60km from the Steel City, the airport is being built on an abandoned World War II airfield.
It is spread across 240 acre and the project will be implemented at a cost of Rs 100 crore in the first phase. In the second phase, the airport will be expanded to another 545 acres.
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has signed an MoU with the state civil aviation department for the implementation of the project in coordination with the district administration.
According to the agreement, the terminus will come up on a 15,000 square feet area while the airport will have the facility to park two ATR 72 aircraft.
Besides, the terminus, which will have six check-in counters, will have a capacity to host 150 passengers. Officials also said the proposed runway will be 2,179-meter long and 30-meter wide in the first phase and will be expanded to 4,400-meter in the second phase.
Dhalbhum divisional forest officer Abhishek Kumar said the 240-acre land on which the first phase of work will begin is owned by the forest department.
"Consultations with AAI is going on to get through with the approval process at the earliest. Some more documents have to arrive from AAI," Kumar said.
01/10/19 B Sridhar/Times of India
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Currently, trees are being felled and the administration will procure enviromental clearance for a portion of the area under the jurisdiction of the forest department in the next three weeks to start construction work.
Deputy commissioner Ravi Shankar said, "The forest clearance process has reached the second-stage level and we will obtain an approval in the next three to four weeks. We aim to launch flight operations from the proposed airport by 2022."
Situated at Dhalbhumgarh in Ghatshila subdivision, about 60km from the Steel City, the airport is being built on an abandoned World War II airfield.
It is spread across 240 acre and the project will be implemented at a cost of Rs 100 crore in the first phase. In the second phase, the airport will be expanded to another 545 acres.
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has signed an MoU with the state civil aviation department for the implementation of the project in coordination with the district administration.
According to the agreement, the terminus will come up on a 15,000 square feet area while the airport will have the facility to park two ATR 72 aircraft.
Besides, the terminus, which will have six check-in counters, will have a capacity to host 150 passengers. Officials also said the proposed runway will be 2,179-meter long and 30-meter wide in the first phase and will be expanded to 4,400-meter in the second phase.
Dhalbhum divisional forest officer Abhishek Kumar said the 240-acre land on which the first phase of work will begin is owned by the forest department.
"Consultations with AAI is going on to get through with the approval process at the earliest. Some more documents have to arrive from AAI," Kumar said.
01/10/19 B Sridhar/Times of India
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