The Union ministry of civil aviation has sanctioned a grant of ₹40 crore to begin the construction of the domestic terminal at the Ambala airport, Haryana home minister and local MLA Anil Vij said on Tuesday.
The project is being taken up under the UDAN-3.0 scheme of the central government to boost regional connectivity.
Under the project, the terminal will come up near Mama-Bhanja Peer on Jagadhri road in the vicinity of the airforce station from where passengers will be taken on a taxiway to board the aircraft. For flight operations, the airforce strip will be used, officials had said.
