- waiting for the necessary material
Akola. There has been a demand for a long time to increase the airstrip of the Shivani airport here. For this, the land of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University has also been acquired. According to the information received, the district administration has handed over 60.67R land of Dr.PDKV to the Aircraft Authority in the year 2016. Similarly, private land of some farmers is also to be acquired. Be that as it may, it will take some time to increase the airstrip.
It is worth mentioning that about three decades ago, the then Civil Aviation Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had started the air service twice from Akola’s Shivani airport, once by Vayudoot and the second time by NEPC. But at that time the city was not so developed, and the flight time for going to Mumbai was 4 in the evening, people here said that the flight time to go to Mumbai should be in the morning, so both times the airline was not successful. Could be and was closed.
Now the airline will be able to resume
Air service has been started sometime before Jalgaon Khandesh also. Here also the airstrip is not very big, but once a week air service has been started from Jalgaon to Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Air service is started here by small planes. Like Jalgaon, the hope of starting regular air service from Akola is now flourishing. Shivani Airport is located opposite the industrial area. If regular air service starts from here, then Akola will be connected to air service from all over the country and big industrialists will be able to start industries here and industrial sector will develop and the problem of unemployment will be solved to a great extent.
Airline service can be started after the repair of the airstrip – MLA Vasant Khandelwal
In this regard, MLA Vasant Khandelwal, who has recently returned to Delhi to meet the higher officials of this department regarding the issue of starting the airline, told that Rs 30 crore has been given by the Airports Authority of India for Shivni Airport. . has been approved. He said that it is necessary to do some repair of the airstrip of Shivani airport, similarly after the repair, some material is necessary for regular air service at Shivani airport, for this it may take about seven to eight months, after that here Regular air service can be started by small planes from
He told that later after the problem of increasing the airstrip of the airport is resolved, the arrival of big planes will also start at Shivani Airport. He told that initially there will be a losing attempt to connect Akola to Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Indore by small planes. He said that he is constantly trying for this. The central government is also completely positive on this subject, he also said.