Indu Goswami, Rajya Sabha MP from Kangra, took up the issue of the expansion of the Gaggal airport in Parliament yesterday.
Union Minister of State of Civil Aviation Gen VK Singh (retd), while responding to Indu’s question, informed the House that the government had planned to expand the Gaggal airport in Kangra district in two phases. In the first phase, the length of the airport strip would be increased to 1.9 km while in the second phase, it would be expanded to 3.1 km, he said.
The minister said that the survey for land acquisition for the second phase of the project had been completed. An agency engaged by the state government had conducted a social impact survey for both phases.
