Speed up work on five heliports: CM
Tribune News Service
Shimla, January 18
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today directed officers to speed up construction work of five heliports at Kangnidhar in Mandi district, SASE (Manali) in Kullu district, Baddi in Solan district and Shimla and Rampur in Shimla district so that the people could benefit at the earliest.
Presiding over a meeting here, he said the government had awarded the work of Kangnidhar, Baddi and Rampur heliports while the work on Shimla and SASE (Manali) heliports was nearing completion. He directed the executing agencies to ensure completion of these heliports on time. He said the additional land had been identified for the Baddi heliport and bigger passenger terminal buildings. Being situated in the industrial belt, the heliport would facilitate the entrepreneurs.
He said the government had carried out a geo-technical study and structure consultancy for the stabilisation of cutting works at Kangnidhar. The work on the Shimla heliport was nearing completion and trial landing had been carried out, he said, adding that the government intended to complete this heliport at the earliest.
Thakur said the government had taken up the matter regarding the use of the SASE heliport under UDAN-2 with the Ministry of Defence. The issue regarding providing basic facilities like passenger terminal building had been taken up with the SASE and DRDO authorities.
He said all existing airports at Shimla, Kangra and Kullu were being expanded to facilitate the landing of bigger aeroplanes. The runway of the Shimla airport would be increased by 300 metres to enable landing of bigger aeroplanes.
