The land for the proposed new airport in Assam’s Silchar which has sparked off a political slugfest, was sought way back in 2019 by Airports Authority of India (AAI), documents reveal.
The Centre’s statement made earlier this month that no proposal has yet been received for a greenfield airport in Assam’s Cachar district, despite large-scale land acquisition by the state government for a second airport in the Barak valley, has sparked off a political controversy.
However, documents reveal that the AAI had sought land for the construction of the proposed facility, and even conducted a pre-feasibility study in 2020 for the same.
