INDIA TO BUILD NEW AIRPORT TO SERVE STATE CAPITAL OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
February 1st, 2019
INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of a newly approved greenfield airport at Hollongi, south of Itanagar, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India. The ministry of civil aviation cleared the proposal in December (2018), which will see Indian Rupees 9.5 billion (USD133 million) being spent to build an airport with a terminal of 4,100 square metres and a peak handling capacity of 200 passengers per hour. “The previous government neglected Arunachal and we are here to change that,” declared Modi. At present, ...
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