Featured

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik To Inaugurate Malkangiri Airport Early Next Month

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s southernmost district will soon boast of air connectivity with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik slated to inaugurate Malkangiri Airport early January, Special Secretary to CM Vineel Krishna informed through a post on X.

“A dream come true. This board fills my heart with great joy. The farthest district is being connected by scheduled flights soon. Hon’ble CM will be landing at the Malkangiri airport and inaugurate in early January. What a sight that would be …” he wrote.

It would be the biggest New Year gift for the people of Malkangiri district.

The airport has come up over 94.5 hectare land at an estimated cost of Rs 33.03 crore. December 2023 was the target set for completing runway and other facilities.

The state government, which had put the project on fast-track claiming that it would accelerate commercial activities and economic development in the region, will provide subsidy to the airline to make air tickets affordable for the passengers. Initially, flight services will be made available between Malkangiri and Bhubaneswar and later extended to Visakhapatnam, sources said.

This will take the number of operational airports in the state to seven.

Malkangiri airport is the second significant connectivity project in the district after Gurupriya bridge over river Janbai, inaugurated by the Chief Minister in 2018. It went on to become the paragon of development in Swabhiman area, once considered a Maoist hotbed, by providing connectivity to 151 villages spread over eight panchayats with a population of 30,000 tribals that were cut-off from the mainland for over five decades.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Odisha Govt To Launch ‘Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya Yojana’ Soon

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon launch ‘Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya Yojana’, an ambitious…

November 6, 2024

Anganwadi Worker Axed To Death By Jilted Youth In Odisha Village

Sundargarh: In a shocking incident, an Anganwadi worker was allegedly hacked to death by a…

November 6, 2024

Wooden Satellites To Replace Metal Satellites In Near Future?

Tokyo: In a breakthrough innovation, scientists in Japan have constructed the world’s first wooden satellite,…

November 6, 2024

National Hockey: Amandeep Lakra, Chirmako Net 3 Each As Odisha Wallop Rajasthan 11-1

Bhubaneswar: Odisha made short work of Rajasthan in the 14th Hockey India Senior Men’s National…

November 6, 2024

Odisha Govt Targets Stable Power Supply, Electricity To 100% Households

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo on Wednesday chaired a review meeting…

November 6, 2024

Ranbir & Alia’s Daughter Raha Turns 2, Fans Compare Her With Rishi Kapoor

Mumbai: Actor couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s daughter Raha Kapoor celebrated her second birthday…

November 6, 2024

[Watch] Odia Sand Artist Manas Sahoo’s Unique Tribute To Kamal Haasan On His Birthday

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed Odia sand artist Manas Sahoo has a special gift for superstar Kamal…

November 6, 2024

2 Women Diagnosed With ‘Petticoat Cancer’; Know More About It

New Delhi: Have you heard of ‘petticoat cancer’? In a warning to women who wear…

November 6, 2024