Patna: The Bihar government has asked the Union government to start domestic flights at Gaya airport to tap the Amritsar-Calcutta freight corridor, cargo operations and industrial development in the area.
"Gaya has a full-fledged airport but has no domestic flights. It is close to the freight corridor between Amritsar and Calcutta. Domestic flights to Gaya airport will lead to industrial activity around the freight corridor, which will be roughly aligned to the grand chord railway tracks between Punjab and Bengal," said industries department principal secretary S. Siddharth.
The demand has been officially raised at the third meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion (CTDP) at Vigyan Bhavan on January 8.
Union minister for commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu chaired the meeting in which representatives of different states participated.
Siddharth said the state wants to create "industrial growth centres" along the freight corridor and has requested the central government to fund them on 50:50 basis, including land acquisition cost.
To Read the News in Full 10/01/18 Dev Raj/Telegraph
"Gaya has a full-fledged airport but has no domestic flights. It is close to the freight corridor between Amritsar and Calcutta. Domestic flights to Gaya airport will lead to industrial activity around the freight corridor, which will be roughly aligned to the grand chord railway tracks between Punjab and Bengal," said industries department principal secretary S. Siddharth.
The demand has been officially raised at the third meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion (CTDP) at Vigyan Bhavan on January 8.
Union minister for commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu chaired the meeting in which representatives of different states participated.
Siddharth said the state wants to create "industrial growth centres" along the freight corridor and has requested the central government to fund them on 50:50 basis, including land acquisition cost.
To Read the News in Full 10/01/18 Dev Raj/Telegraph
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