Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission NK Singh at New Delhi today and discussed state’s priorities and need for funds for upgrade of infrastructure in various sectors, airport connectivity, railway expansion.
He requested for a special purpose grant to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore from the commission for construction of international standard airport at Nagchala in district Mandi. He informed that the Airports Authority of India has completed a technical survey related to obstacle limitation surfaces and discussions are going on for construction of airport for operation of wide-bodied aircraft, a release issue here said.
