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Malkangiri Airport – www.publictrustofindia.com https://publictrustofindia.com Odisha English News Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates Malkangiri Airport, 7th in Odisha https://publictrustofindia.com/2024/01/09/cm-naveen-patnaik-inaugurates-malkangiri-airport-7th-in-odisha/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:42:21 +0000 https://publictrustofindia.com/?p=8140 Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated the newly-constructed Malkangiri Airport at Katelguda under Goudaguda panchayat, on the outskirts of the town in southwesternmost district of Odisha.

With this, the number of operational airports in the state has gone up to seven.

“Air connectivity to Malkangiri will usher in a new era of development, open up avenues of business and tourism and further transform lives of people in the region,” the CM said.

The airport has been built over 94.5 hectare of land with a 1,620 metre long and 30 metre wide runway at an expenditure of Rs 33 crore. Authorities of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar have provided technical assistance to make the airport operational. In the first phase, nine-seater aircrafts are likely to operate from the airport while larger aircrafts will provide services later, sources said.

Malkangiri airport is the second significant connectivity project in the district after Gurupriya bridge over river Janbai, inaugurated by the Chief Minister in 2018. The bridge went on to become the paragon of development in Swabhiman area, once considered a Maoist hotbed, by providing connectivity between the cut-off areas and the mainland.

Notably, this is also the CM’s second visit to the district in 3 months On October 12, 2023, Naveen visited Malkangiri to launch affordable bus service under the Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI) scheme, besides initiating development projects worth Rs 793 crore in the tribal-dominated district.

]]> Odisha CM to inaugurate Malkangiri Airport on January 9; Trial run held successfully https://publictrustofindia.com/2024/01/07/odisha-cm-to-inaugurate-malkangiri-airport-on-january-9-trial-run-held-successfully/ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:46:02 +0000 https://publictrustofindia.com/?p=8087 Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the newly constructed Malkangiri Airport on January 9. Ahead of the inauguration, a trial run of a VT-100 aircraft was conducted successfully at the airport on Sunday, sources said.

In the first phase, nine-seater aircraft will operate from the airport while larger aircraft will be pressed into services later. The airport’s runway is 1,500 meter long and 30 meter wide.

Authorities of the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar have provided necessary technical assistance for operationalisation of Malkangiri Airport.

The airport has been constructed on over 94.5 hectares of land at an expenditure of around Rs 33 crore.

The functioning of the airport is expected to bring rapid economic development in the region.

This is the second significant connectivity project in the district after the Gurupriya bridge, which was inaugurated in 2018. The bridge has been providing road connectivity between the cut-off areas of the district (Swabhimana Anchala) and mainland.

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