Udan scheme: Jamshedpur, India’s steel city, to be re-connected by air in Oct

The steel city of Jamshedpur is all set to have air connectivity under the Union government’s Udan scheme soon, said a senior official of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district.

Air services between Jamshedpur-Kolkata and Jamshedpur-Bhubaneswar are likely to be launched from October 30 with a nine-seater aircraft from Sonari aerodrome, Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order), Nandkishore Lal said on Friday.

Deputy Development Commissioner Saurabh Sinha and Lal along with aerodrome officials, fire department officers, Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee representatives and Traffic Deputy SP Kamal Kishore held a meeting over the issue and discussed security and fire safety arrangements.