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Agartala to have third int’l airport in NE

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Agartala: After Guwahati and Imphal, the Agartala airport is set to become the third international airport in the northeastern region by the end of this year or by early 2020, a Minister said here.
“The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has informed us that their ongoing works to make Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport as an international one would be completed by this year end. But if the works are hampered due to the monsoon season or any other factor, then the declaration would be made by early 2020,” Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy told IANS.
The AAI undertook a Rs 438-crore project to upgrade the Agartala airport to international standards by providing world-class facilities.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb also recently discussed with the Civil Aviation Minister in New Delhi about the upgradation of the Agartala airport.
According to an official of the Chief Minister’s Office, Union Civil Aviation Minister Raj Kumar Singh responded positively when Deb requested him to expedite the works.
The airport in Agartala is the second busiest in the northeast after Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. (IANS)

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