Scindia’s letter to CM revives hopes for five airports

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s letter to chief ministers of five states, including of Bihar, seeking their personal intervention in matters related to land allocation and funding to boost aviation infrastructure has rekindled hopes for an airport at Purnia, Raxual and Muzaffarpur, extension of runway at Patna airport and upgrade of navigational aids and building a civil enclave at Darbhanga airport.

In his letter, Scindia requested the CM to instruct officers concerned to initiate action on matters such as deposition of funds with the Regional Air Connectivity Fund Trust and viability gap funding support for international UDAN flight operations, according to a statement by the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA).