The Centre has agreed to include three airports in Odisha under the regional connectivity scheme, officials said on Saturday.
The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting between Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and Odishas Chief Secretary A K Tripathy on Friday.
“Discussion held yesterday with the visiting civil aviation secretary. Jeypore, Rourkela and Utkela will go again to the next round of Udan scheme. There is inbuilt subsidy support to the state government along with Centre in this initiative,” Tripathy said, adding that this will help enhance the connectivity in the remote and regional areas of the state.
The three airports would be developed under the UDAN -4 (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme, officials said.
