Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today directed officers to speed up construction work of five heliports at Kangnidhar in Mandi district, SASE (Manali) in Kullu district, Baddi in Solan district and Shimla and Rampur in Shimla district so that the people could benefit at the earliest.
Presiding over a meeting here, he said the government had awarded the work of Kangnidhar, Baddi and Rampur heliports while the work on Shimla and SASE (Manali) heliports was nearing completion. He directed the executing agencies to ensure completion of these heliports on time. He said the additional land had been identified for the Baddi heliport and bigger passenger terminal buildings. Being situated in the industrial belt, the heliport would facilitate the entrepreneurs.
