India asks Bangladesh for land to expand Agartala airport runway
AgartalaThe Indian government has sought 52 acres of land from Bangladesh to expand the runway of Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram airport, top officials said on Wednesday.
The second busiest airport in the Northeast, the Agartala airport currently operates on 509 acres of land and sits just along the Bangladesh border.
Airport Authority of India (AAI) Director Bipin Kant Seth said they had requested the Tripura government to take up with the Centre the issue of requirement of the additional 52 acres of land from Bangladesh to expand the runway.
