The runway of Bilaspur Airport would be extended by another 400 metres for which the land acquisition will be carried out soon.
A decision in this regard was taken at the high-level Aerodrome Committee meeting chaired by Bilaspur District Collector Sanjay Alang on Thursday.
Bilaspur Airport is situated at Chakrabhata, which was earlier an air-strip.
The maiden meeting before commencement of flights was held in which the guidelines of Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security was discussed threadbare. Discussions were held on security aspects also.
The Airport Officer in the meeting stated that at present the power supply is from rural area and for continuous power supply, it has to be linked with urban supply network.
The permission to bring power supply line along the railway track has not been granted, he informed.
