Ambitious aviation plans: Private airport getting ready near Durgapur in West Bengal  

July 24, 2014

Durgapur, the steel city can hope to welcome visitors by air ,when the new and first private airport in  West Bengal begins its operations at Andal

AK Ramdas

Decades ago, India\'s first Prime Minister, Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called various gigantic steel projects and huge dams as India\'s temples of the future. He was referring to the steel mills at Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela as they began their operations. In those days, for most of these industrial towns, the only means of transportation was by road or by rail. Aviation facilities, for most came much later.

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