Punjab govt must submit formal proposal if it wants a third int’l airport at Ludhiana: Hardeep Singh Puri

While the Congress government in Punjab has already declared that an ‘international civil terminal’ is to come up at Ludhiana (Halwara IAF station), Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Monday said that the central ministry has not declared the civil terminal coming up at Halwara as ‘international’ yet.

Asked about the financial and practical viability of a third international airport in Punjab, Puri, while speaking at The Idea Exchange session of The Indian Express, said, “Punjab already has two international airports, at Amritsar and Mohali (Chandigarh). If the Punjab government wants to have a third one, it has to be processed. Recently, the Cabinet approved an international airport for Kushingar (Uttar Pradesh), the same process has to be followed.