Kerala to get airstrips in remote tourist locales like Wayanad, Idukky and Kasargod

Wayanad, hogging limelight as Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency, is to notch basic air-connectivity and a tunnel road. Besides the greenfield Sabari airport — the state’s fifth airport — the Kerala government is going ahead with airstrips in remote tourist locales like Wayanad, Idukky and Kasargod. It was chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan who revealed these projects during his weekly televised debate programme. Connectivity would be the thrust of LDF government’s infrastructure development agenda, he added.

“We intend to build air-strips in Wayanad, Idukky and Kasargod. The realisation of Sabari airport would help not just the pilgrims to Ayyappa shrine, but also those travelling to Thiruvalla and Chenganur,” he said. Louis Berger Consulting is the consultant for the Sabari airport project.