The Airport Authority of India (AAI) proposes to spend Rs 150 crore for construction of the new private terminal at Biju Patnaik airport, informed chairman Mr VP Agrawal here today.
Mr Agarwal called on chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik at the state secretariat and held discussions on development of airports at Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda.
While informing that the AAI is taking all possible steps to develop Jharsuguda air port as a private air port as per the suggestion of the state government, Mr Agrawal sought 800 acres of land for the same.
The airport has a 6,000 feet runway, a basic requirement for being a private airport, he noted while seeking the state government’s support for infrastructure development.
Chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik hoped that a fully-operational air port at Jharsuguda will boost industrialisation in that region, and urged the AII to develop air-strips at Rasgobindapur in Mayurbhanj district and Jeypore in Koraput district.;