Soon, civilian flights from Halwara airport, says CM

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 14

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that civilian flights would be started from the Halwara airport very soon. The Chief Minister said the Union Government had given its nod and necessary approvals. He was in the city on Tuesday to meet industrialists and the newly elected members of the General House of the Municipal Corporation on the invitation extended by the Mayor.

Addressing the long pending demand of industrialists of air-connectivity in the industrial city of Ludhiana, the Chief Minister said being a pilot, he knew that the Sahnewal airport was certainly not a viable option as it had some peculiar problems. He said for two or three months in a year, the airport witnessed foggy conditions due to which the visibility remained very low. Further, a longer strip could not be established at the Sahnewal airport as buildings were constructed all around. So, Halwara is the better option and it will provide respite to industrialists, he added.

He said the industrial policy was the need of the hour and now it had come. “There is every scope of amendment as and when needed for the industry’s growth,” he said.

He said the government was able to revive several sick units in Mandi Gobindgarh. He said no government was free from corruption but he was making possible efforts to curb it. He asked industrialists to come forward, complain about the system or officials and the government would certainly bring the guilty to book.