‘Operationalise Amarda Road Airstrip’
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has written to Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar urging him to operationalise the Amarda Road Airstrip near Rasagobindapur in Mayurbhanj district under the RCS-UDAN scheme.
“I would like to inform that Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India has included Bhubaneswar-Amarda Road (Mayurbhanj) as a Special RCS route under UDAN 4.1 on request of State Government and M/s. Gsec Monarch has been selected as the airline operator for the said route with 7 flights/ week using a 9 seater Aircraft,” the CS mentioned in the letter.
“The northern part of Odisha is deprived of any kind of air connectivity and the existence of Amarda Road Airstrip near Rasagobindapur in Mayurbhanj district has a huge significance for the nearby places.
