Chipi airport will land tourists… locals believe business will take off
PUNE For Sameer Mhadgut and his family, it is an exciting opportunity to start a small restaurant after him having served in the hospitality industry for years.
If the Covid-induced lockdown took away his job, the upcoming airport at Chipi in Sindhudurg district has opened the doors to a new life for the Mhadguts.
With the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granting an aerodrome licence to Sindhudurg airport, aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will inaugurate the airport on October 9, putting this Konkan backwater firmly on the country’s aviation radar.
Locals feel the new airport at Chipi will bring an economic boom with employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for locals, who otherwise have to migrate to Mumbai and Pune for better employment opportunities.
