JEYPORE: Completion of the Jeypore airstrip is likely to miss its June deadline next year with the runway expansion work stalled as farmers have refused to cooperate with the district administration for stopping water supply in the Upper Kolab’s Dhanpur system.
For the expansion of the runway, concrete slabs need to be laid over the 200 metre canal. This necessitates halting water supply in it for at least three months. But this coincides with the Upper Kolab’s irrigation plan for the rabi season which commences by first week of January.
