The development of Odisha’s Puri International Airport got a new fillip as Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has invited tenders for the first-phase development, operation, and maintenance of the proposed airport, officials privy to the matter mentioned.
Named as Sri Jagannath International Airport, it’ll be constructed near Puri’s Sipasarubali area, officials said. Further, the first phase entails work on public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for 4.6 million passengers per annum (mppa) capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 2,203 crore at an appropriate area of around 1,165 acres, the officials said.
