Odisha

Odisha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab Demands Airport At Charbatia With Passenger Flight Service

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Odisha Bhartruhari Mahtab on Friday demanded quick steps by the Central government to convert Charbatia airfield in Cuttack district into a full-fledged airport with passenger flight operation.

Raising the issue in Lok Sabha, the Cuttack MP said necessary steps need to be taken for passenger planes to land at Charbatia after developing a full-fledged airport at the earliest.

Charbatia Airport will spur significant growth and development as it will become a key transportation hub in the region.

Stating that the defence airfield at Charbatia Choudwar was constructed by the Americans during the second world war, he said it is being maintained by the air defence. As most of the defence air traffic has shifted to Midnapore in West Bengal, this airfield is scarcely used, he said.

Mahtab said many industries have come up in and around Cuttack and NALCO township is hardly 50 km from this place. Steel plants have also come up in a big way at Kalinganagar, which is 60 km from Charbatia, while Paradip is around 70 km from there.

“Therefore, my demand is that Charbatia airport may be converted into a passenger airport or passenger air traffic may be allowed to land in Charbatia airport so that a large number of people will get benefitted,” the BJP MP said.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

EX-SC Judge V Ramasubramanian Appointed NHRC Chief & Justice Bidyut Sarangi As Member

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice V Ramasubramanian…

29 minutes ago

CRUT Signs MoU With NTPC & Gridco For Running Hydrogen-Powered Buses In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Marking a significant development in eco-friendly transport in Odisha, a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding…

30 minutes ago

Kumar Vishwas Slammed For His Veiled ‘Ramayana’ Dig At Sonakshi Sinha

Mumbai: After veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, noted poet Kumar Vishwas left netizens irked with his…

1 hour ago

Massive Fire Engulfs Godown In Bhubaneswar’s Satyanagar; Robot Deployed

Bhubaneswar: A major fire erupted at a pressure cooker company godown at Satyanagar in Bhubaneswar…

1 hour ago

Patha Utsav To Be Held In Bhubaneswar On Dec 29, Announces BMC

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday announced that the Patha Utsav, which was…

1 hour ago

‘Pushpa 2’ Stampede: We Don’t Have The Strength To Fight, Says Victim’s Husband

Hyderabad: Bhaskar, husband of the 35-year-old woman who died in the Sandhya Theatre stampede in Hyderabad,…

1 hour ago

This website uses cookies.