The proposed international airport project to come up at Halwara with an aim of putting the industrial capital of the state on the global air map has come a bit closer towards realisation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Punjab, issuing a notification under Sections 19 and 21 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, for acquisition of 161.27 acres at Aitiana village in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district.
