Orissa’s future airport plans
Balasore- Chandipur, Baripada- Bangiriposi- Similipal foothills, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Bringing International Connectivity, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jharsugurha- Brajarajnagar- Belpahar, Koraput- Jeypore- Sunabedha- Damanjodi, Odisha govt. action, Rasgovindpur (Balasore-Baripada-Jaleswar), Sambaplur- Burla- Bargarh- Chipilima December 28th. 2009, 11:51pmUpdate: Expressbuzz also reports on this.
Following is from today’s Dharitri.
From the above, and its actions in the past, it seems that Orissa government’s future plan in terms of airports are:
- Make an international airport in Bhubaneswar. (Shifting to the new location will take another 10 years.)
- Make an airport in Jharsuguda to cater for Bargarh-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda-Rourkela belt: Will take 2-3 yrs to be operational.
- Plan for an airport in Jeypore: Will take 8-10 years to be operational
- Plan for an airport in Rasgovindpur (near Jaleswar, close to Balasore and Baripada): Will take 8-10 years to be operational
Couple of implications of the above are: Berhampur and Rourkela may not get functional airports in the near future (say next 10 years) as they are close to airports at Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda respectively. The overall airport situation in Orissa in 10 years will be as follows:
Now lets analyze how feasible the airports at Jeypore and Rasgovindpur will be.
- Jeypore: It is 258 kms from Visakhapatnam by Rail and 224 kms by road. It is 378 kms from Raipur; 450 kms from Jharsuguda and 520 kms from Bhubaneswar. It will be at the junction of two expressways and thus would be able to serve a large population in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhatisgarh.
- Rasgovindpur: It will be 30-40 kms from Balasore and Baripada; 70-80 kms from Digha; 80-90 kms from Kharagpur mostly on the expressway; 90-100 kms from Bhadrak mostly on the expressway, close to two expressways; 200kms from Kolkata airport; 210-220 kms from Tatanagar and 260-270 kms from Bhubaneswar. (Tatanagar being only 170 kms from Ranchi may not have a viable commercial airport for some time. Kharagpur being 120 kms from Kolkata will not have a viable commercial airport for a long time.) Thus it is far enough to the nearest airports in Bhubaneswar and DumDum (Kolkata), but at the same time there are enough population centers (Balasore, Baripada, Bhadrak, Digha, Kharagpur, Medinipur, Jhargram, Ghatsila) that will be close to this airport than the existing airports. So this aiport could serve a significant population in Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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December 29th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Well it seems hat the stars are against the development of Rourkela.I dont know why the state govt always decides something that is against the interest of the people of Rourkela.ESIC,now the airport and latest that Rourkela is not considered as industril capital of Orissa.HATS OFF MR CM..U must be awarded for this unjustified and rude decsions..Please go through the below artilcle that was published on the pioneer..Its sheer disapointment for all teh people of Rourkela.
Kalinga Nagar would be the industrial capital of the State with an eye on an all-round development of the locality, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday while inaugurating a 12-km corridor road from Pankapal to Kalinga Nagar and naming it as the Biju Patnaik Marg.
He said his Government is committed to growth of tribals, and many welfare measures have been initiated by the Government for development of the underprivileged.
Patnaik also inaugurated the Kalinga Nagar Police Station No. 2 at Jakhapura The Jakhapura police outpost, which was later upgraded to a full-fledged police station, is an important police station due to its presence in the Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex.
Local MLA and Finance and Excise Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai, who was the chief speaker, described how the present Government is having its commitment for growth, development and industrialisation of this part of the State.
Besides, Ghadai said it is also the responsibility of the Government to maintain law and order in the mega industrial complex. While the Government has spent Rs 70 lakh for construction of the Jakhapura police station building, Rs 24 crore has been spent for the construction of Pankapala-Danagadi industrial corridor, he informed.
This was Patnik’s first visit to Kalinga Nagar after the police firing in the industrial complex four years ago, in which 13 anti-industry tribals were killed, but he did not utter a single word about the incident.
Later, he went Bairee and laid the foundation-stone for the State’s second Police Training Centre (PTC) after the one existing at Angul since long. Among others the State Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick, Dharmasala MLA Kalpataru Das, Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das, Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj, Police IG Santosh Upadhyaya, District Collector Dhiren Das and Superintendent of Police DS Kutty also spoke on the occasion.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:42 am
i m very happy 2 know that bls-bpd-jls range is going 2 be a major infrastructure of the state. but if it will be soon, then it will be a good one for the state and for that area people.ok
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
i dont know why all are hating rourkela and providing no new projects and funds for it, all other small places are develpoing and rourkela is lagging behind , no other city can stand in front of rourkela if given proper platform, let us join hands to make it a greater rkl.
February 5th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
rkl is d best part of orissa…govt. get 50% of d profit from rkl…coz of rsp …then also govt have no shame to develop rkl,,,its really shameful….in most of the movies we have heard the name of rkl coz of its beauty ,,coz of itsculture n coz of the ppls of rkl…guys plz help to make rkl better then every city of odisha….
September 1st, 2012 at 10:28 am
respected sir,
i am ranjit belongs from sambalpur district.there are various road construction project are sanction not only for high way & village street but the high way sambalpur -jharsuguda-rourkela is laying in single. e.g now these days most of the people are facing accident due to short wide and single.my thinking is that when this road is going to in double .and smooth running .if this project is not in plan plz add it for the duration 2012-13. thanking you sir
your odia son