International airport at Bhubaneswar and functioning airports at Jharsuguda and Jeypore
Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jharsugurha, Jharsugurha- Brajarajnagar- Belpahar, Khordha, Koraput, Koraput- Jeypore- Sunabedha- Damanjodi, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sambalpur-Burla-Jharsuguda August 10th. 2010, 4:47pmTathya.in has an article about this. Following are some excerpts.
The Odishans world-wide now recognize the need of International Flights to Bhubaneswar and Domestic Flights to Jharsuguda in order to effectively connect to the hi-tech businesses and tourism around the world.
Without the requisite air connectivity, Odisha cannot expect a jumpstart in development given all the potential that the state has in Tourism, Education and IT, feels Purna Mohanty, leading Non Resident Odia(NRO).
It all started during Pre Invest Bhubaneswar meeting at Hotel Swosti in May 2010, said he.
And then further concretized with hard-copy signature campaign during Invest Bhubaneswar and OSA Convention during 1-4 July, followed by Ratha Yatra Festival in Silicon Valley, CA, USA.
The signature campaign was completed and submitted to Prime Minister, Civil Aviation Minister, Chief Minister and Member of Parliaments.
NROs are thus presenting an overall proposal of Air connectivity in Odisha, with a request to consider & expedite the implementation of the following at the minimum:
Upgrade the 6 decade old regional Airport at Bhubaneswar to an International Airport at the earliest possible.
Expedite and complete the construction of ongoing western regional Jharsugda Airport in Jharsugda district, in western Odisha, within next two years.
The petitionodisha site has a petition on immediate upgradations of airports in Odisha. Please visit it. Besides signing it please also send emails (email addresses of where to send is given here) as in my experience emails have more impact than e-petitions. While our earlier email sample only mentioned Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda, the petition adds Jeypore. It is indeed a good location for a 3rd functioning airport of Odisha. (We earlier wrote about it.) Feel free to add that to your email.
Pointers to relevant postings from the past:
- Jain Steel, an obstacle to Jharsuguda airport.
- Bhubaneswar international airport issue raised in the assembly.
- Jharsuguda airport status statement by the CM in the assembly.
- Campaign for international airport in Bhubaneswar and airport in Jharsuguda.
- Jharsuguda airport to be developed by PPP?
- Future airport plans (includes info on Jeypore and Rasgovindpur).
- 800 acres needed for Jharsuguda airport.
- Airstrips in Odisha.
- MOU to be signed for Jharsuguda airport.
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August 10th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Petitions are well intentioned, but as you said e-mails to the right people (journalists/news organizations/opinion leaders/decision makers) are far more effective. Petitions unfortunately become just part of the digital debris on the web.
NROs are very active on the these websites but I think the innumerable Oriyas in places such as Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata etc. too should take an active interest in these matters. If they put their strength in these petitions they can create a big difference to movements such as these.
I am always amazed by the interest and support the people of Orissa showed towards the Prince dance group. If we can garner just 1/100th of those numbers for movements such as these we could be well on our way to turning our dreams to reality.
Let’s keep up the tempo.
August 11th, 2010 at 12:41 am
It will be our pride to say as an Odia , we have an International Airport and atleast two functional domestic airports in two different regions.
Also a remote terminal (with Bus service) for the Bhubaneswar airport must be established at Brahmapur so that passengers can check-in and take a bus to reach Bhubaneswar airport as like Dammam to Bahrain region in other countries.
August 12th, 2010 at 4:18 am
Very good idea of having a remote terminal at Berhampur. If the proposed Jaypore and Rasgovindpur airports can take shape then Odisha will have a very good air connectivity.
I would like to propose to start a aviation company by the state govt. which can cater 20-seater flights from all these places to Bhubaneswar. This will enhance the air travel regionally and increase the connectivity to the state capital. Initially it can be started with one flight or two.
August 16th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
We need a greenfield international airport atproposed ITIR BBSR and the present one should be for domesticpurpose.The Rasgovindpur, Jeypore and jharsuguda airportsmust be developed soon.
August 29th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Bhubaneswar airport should get International status as far as development of the state in terms IT, Steel, Power, Education, Tourism concern. To support the same it is necessary that direct international flights should come in the state. So I request to the honorable chief minister of Orissa, honorable union minister for civil aviation and honorable Prime minister of India to take necessary step to make an International Air Port at Bhubaneswar as soon as possible.
September 20th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Bhubaneswar needs a greenfield airport and not a brownfield one. The proposed site near jaanla-jatni is the most suitable one. It’s now for the centre(congress) to favour orissa or not. Trust this would be a giant leap in tourism development and for Bhubaneswar a good reason for a horizontal growth.