Odisha’s Mayurbhanj, the home district of President Droupadi Murmu, will finally have a functional airport.
The state government has received the Defence Ministry’s approval to revive a World War II-era airfield lying defunct at Rasgovindpur near Amarda Road, around 45 km from the district headquarters.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) granted its ‘working permission’ to the state to develop the airstrip on 160.35 acres of land belonging to the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), The Indian Express has learnt.
According to the MoD letter, a copy of which has been marked to Odisha chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, the state has to pay the Ministry a compensation of Rs 26 crore.
