Govt. fast tracks Rs. 210 crore airport project

Jharsuguda Airport Project
In order to provide smooth air connectivity to the area, the Union government has fast tracked the development of Jharsuguda Airport in Odisha at an investment of Rs. 210-cr and the project will be completed by June 2018, Chief Secretary, Aditya Prasad Padhi, directed the Airport Authority of India (AAI), Jharsuguda District Collector and other officials to complete all the defined works within the scheduled time. The airport is being developed through joint-funding from AAI and the Government of Odisha. The state government had signed an agreement with AAI on July 30, 2014, to develop the airport at an estimated cost of Rs. 210-cr to make it the state's second largest operational airport, after Biju Patnaik International Airport. While the state government would put in Rs. 75cr, AAI would provide the remaining Rs. 135-cr to develop the airport.

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