Mamata promises West Bengal more airports
25 Jan 2013 7:15 AM IST
If the inauguration of the new terminal at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) was an indication of things to come, the state Government does plan to have more airports taking off in different parts of the State.
Plans are afoot to set things in motion for the Behala flying club within the city and the Cooch Behar facility in North Bengal, said Airports Authority of India(AAI) officials. ‘More airports should be set up at other places like Cooch Behar where the government has plans to invest Rs 25 crore. We want places like Balurghat, Malda, Sunderbans, Digha to have an airport or helicopter facilities,’ Banerjee had said at the inaugural function of NSCBI.
The state government has already committed to extend all cooperation to the operation for the new terminal and demanded that the Centre should extend its full cooperation to Bengal, ‘As it is going to be the destination of the world’. The new terminal has a capacity of handling 16 mn domestic passengers and four million international passengers. It became operational with an inaugural Air India flight to London via Delhi on Wednesday.
The AAI has installed an 18-feet-high bronze statue of Netaji which was unveiled by President Pranab Mukherjee, who inaugurated the new terminal.
The new terminal would be capable of handling 20 mn passengers, 16 mn in domestic, four mn international, annually.
Plans are afoot to set things in motion for the Behala flying club within the city and the Cooch Behar facility in North Bengal, said Airports Authority of India(AAI) officials. ‘More airports should be set up at other places like Cooch Behar where the government has plans to invest Rs 25 crore. We want places like Balurghat, Malda, Sunderbans, Digha to have an airport or helicopter facilities,’ Banerjee had said at the inaugural function of NSCBI.
The state government has already committed to extend all cooperation to the operation for the new terminal and demanded that the Centre should extend its full cooperation to Bengal, ‘As it is going to be the destination of the world’. The new terminal has a capacity of handling 16 mn domestic passengers and four million international passengers. It became operational with an inaugural Air India flight to London via Delhi on Wednesday.
The AAI has installed an 18-feet-high bronze statue of Netaji which was unveiled by President Pranab Mukherjee, who inaugurated the new terminal.
The new terminal would be capable of handling 20 mn passengers, 16 mn in domestic, four mn international, annually.
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