Bengal govt to develop new airport in Purulia, access to several industrial areas in Jharkhand to get easier
An abandoned airstrip in Purulia’s Chharra has been identified as the site of the new airport.
According to sources, this airstrip remained abandoned for more than 80 years. They added that the airport will be developed in two phases. (Representative Image) The West Bengal government has decided to develop an abandoned airstrip in Purulia’s Chharra into an airport.
On Saturday, Bengal Transport Minister Snehashish Chakraborty said, “A delegation of the transport department recently went to Purulia to see the land. We identified the old airstrip in the Chharra area for the new airport. But it will not be a regular large airport. We will develop it as a small airport at a cost of around Rs 150 crore.”
According to sources, this airstrip remained abandoned for more than 80 years. They added that the airport will be developed in two phases. The first phase will include the construction of a boundary wall, a 1,100-metre-long runway, four parking bays for aircraft, an Air Traffic Control (ATC) building, and a terminal building with capacity to handle around 160 passengers per day. The list also includes a fire station, an electrical substation, three watch towers, an underground reservoir, and a cooling pit.
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