The Meghalaya government has requested the Ministry of Civil Aviation to declare the Shillong Airport as an International Airport.
Informing this while addressing at the 20th Annual Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference held on Saturday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said today with around 10,000 passengers every month, the Shillong airport is directly connected to Delhi, Kolkata, Aizawl, Agartala, Imphal, Dimapur, Dibrugarh and Guwahati.
“With the help of government of India, we are now taking steps to upgrade the Shillong Airport to accommodate bigger flights. We have additionally requested the Ministry of Civil Aviation to declare the Shillong Airport as an International Airport to improve direct connectivity with countries bordering the NE States, which will greatly boost the Act East Policy,” Sangma said.
He said thanks to the government of India – Under the Act East Policy, several projects, funded by the Ministry of External Affairs, have been undertaken to connect North-eastern states with neighboring countries like Myanmar & Bangladesh.
This even includes the development of an economic corridor.
Sangma also said playing to the regional strength, industry and government partnership can scale up development of the region while maintaining the right balance and mitigating the threats that have existed traditionally.
29/07/2023 Meghalayan
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