Himachal CM demands expansion of Shimla airport

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said that issue of development of Shimla runway at Jubberhatti would be taken up on priority with the Airports Authority of India (AAI). He said that if AAI will refuse for expanding the airstrip, then state government would do the needful through its own resources.
Chief minister said this while speaking at the concluding ceremony of two-day long traditional 'Anokhi Dali' fair at Jubbarhatti, near Shimla. He said that state government had developed Jubberhatti runway through its own resources and later handed it over to AAI for operation.
He said that if Airport Authority refused for expanding the airstrip, then State Government would do the needful through its resources.
Read News In Full 05/12/13 Anand Bodh/Times of India