A little over a week after the re-carpeting of the approach road to the new Halwara International Airport started, Fatehgarh Sahib member of Parliament (MP) Amar Singh laid the foundation stone for its boundary wall on Tuesday.
Singh was accompanied by Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma, additional chief administrator (ACA) of Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), Bhupinder Singh, airport director SK Saran and Congress leader Kamil Singh Boparai.
The MP said that the upcoming airport will boost economic development and generate employment opportunities in Halwara and Raikot. He added that the approach road and boundary wall are critical requirements to start work on the new terminal building.
He said that the 2,340-metre boundary wall is being built at a cost of Rs 3.01 crores and will be completed in six months.
Sharma said that the work was going on in full swing and the government is fully prepared to start flights as soon as required infrastructure including approach road, boundary wall and the interim terminal building are ready.
Boparai said that the establishment of the airport will attract new industries to the district.
{{/usCountry}}Boparai said that the establishment of the airport will attract new industries to the district.
{{/usCountry}}The Punjab government and Airport Authority of India (AAI) had signed the agreement for a joint venture to set up the airport in 2018.
The project will be implemented through a joint venture company (JVC) formed with the majority stake of 51% of the AAI and 49% of the state government through GLADA.