Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi on Monday said that civil airport at Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur would be operational very soon.
"Civil airport at Jagdalpur will come into operation very soon. Visakhapatnam to Jagdalpur flights likely to start from September," Mehrishi said after the day-long security review meeting here with the Chief Ministers of Maoist-affected states chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The meet came days after the leftist rebels killed at least 25 paramilitary troopers in forested patch in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
Earlier, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had announced that the Jagdalpur airport will be able to cater to commercial operations from September 2017.
An AAI official said: "There is some minor work which is being completed there. The airport has many facilities and is practically ready for commercial operations.
"Under the RCS Udan scheme Air Odisha will operate two flights from that airport to Raipur and Visakhapatnam from September 2017."
The operation of the airport at Jagdalpur city in the Maoist-hit Bastar district is aimed to boost air services in the industrially rich areas of the state.
--IANS
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