Himachal Pradesh to get a brand new airport! The Civil Aviation Ministry and the Himachal Pradesh authorities not too long ago signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for the event of a Greenfield Airport in Nagchala, situated within the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. According to a press release issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry, the brand new greenfield airport at Nagchala is being developed beneath the ministry’s Greenfield Airport Policy. A Joint Venture agency between the state authorities of Himachal Pradesh and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has been fashioned. The anticipated land requirement for the upcoming airport is round 515 acres and the airport mission is estimated to price round Rs 900 crore excluding the price of land, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, whereas talking on the event, stated his ministry is dedicated to offering final mile connectivity to the individuals of Himachal Pradesh. With this goal in thoughts, the Civil Aviation Ministry is growing new aviation infrastructure and likewise upgrading present services within the state of Himachal Pradesh whether or not it’s the improvement of a brand new greenfield airport in Mandi or further land acquisition for the extension of runways on the present airports, the minister stated. With this, the ministry is dedicated to growing civil aviation as a harbinger of the area’s financial improvement, Scindia added.
In the state of Himachal Pradesh, there are three airports i.e. Kullu, Shimla and Kangra and 5 heliports i.e. Kangnidhar, Rampur, Shimla, Baddi, and SASE (Manali) which are developed or being developed which might give an enormous increase to the state’s tourism trade as soon as accomplished. Apart from Scindia, the occasion was attended by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur together with different senior officers from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Airport Authority of India and the state authorities of Himachal Pradesh.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”