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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister M S Gill, who heads a committee formed to suggest steps to improve facilities at Rajasansi Internationals Airport in Amritsar, today held discussions with Civil Aviation Secretary M Madhavan Nambiar. The Gill committee was set up by the ministry after a delegation from Punjab, led by former cricketer and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, asked the Centre to take steps to “save” the Rajasansi Airport from “closure” in the wake some airlines withdrawing flights from there. Official sources said Gill and Nambiar discussed the modalities related to the functioning of the panel, which has been asked to submit its recommendations within a month.
Gill, sources said, has invited suggestions from the industry, flyers and others concerned on ways to improve the functioning of the airport.
The Punjab government had also asked the Centre to take urgent steps to ensure normal flow of air traffic, both domestic and international, as discontinuation of some international flights had hit hotel and tourism industry hard.
The state government also wanted lowering of navigation and other aeronautical charges. Besides Gill, other members of the committee include Sidhu, his MP colleagues S S Dhindsa and Tarlochan Singh, besides Air India (Northern Region) Director D S Kohli and VP Agarwal, Member (Planning) of AAI.
