The govt on Sunday floated a tender for development of a greenfield airport near Sipasarubali in Puri. The Sri Jagannath International Airport is to be built in public private partnership (PPP) mode within three years at a cost of Rs 2,203 crore.
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The north-eastern region has been in the news for the wrong reasons a hotbed of insurgency, violence, unrest, and agitations following which the region, though bestowed with nature’s bounty and mineral resources, lagged behind in terms of development on all fronts.
Greenfield airports in India are implementing measures to tackle adverse weather conditions such as fog, including the use of CAT-II and CAT-III runways.