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Puri’s Sri Jagannath Greenfield International Airport received site clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation

in District Diary, National October 17, 2023 Comments Off on Puri’s Sri Jagannath Greenfield International Airport received site clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation 523 Views

Newdelhi:17/10/2 3: In a significant development, Puri’s Sri Jagannath Greenfield International Airport received site clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).

MoCA gave clearance precisely a year after the government submitted all requisites to the ministry seeking permission to set up the airport following the Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008.

Besides, the MoCA has asked the state government to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for grant of ‘in-principle’ approval within two years. The government must also complete the necessary formalities with all regulatory bodies and agencies during the preparation of DPR.

As per initial estimates, the cost of construction of the airport will be around Rs 5,631 crore.

The Puri district administration has acquired around 1,164 acres of land where no rehabilitation and resettlement are needed as the land parcels are free of human habitation.

As Puri is being developed into a world-class heritage city and Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar has reached its design capacity limit, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021 to set up the international airport at Puri because of high tourist footfall in the pilgrim city in future. During his visit to New Delhi in May this year, CM again discussed the same with the PM to expedite the process.

Later in the same month, while addressing the inauguration of the Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat train, which Modi flagged off, Naveen had invited the PM to inaugurate the airport once it is ready with his support within three to four years.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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