The Darima Airport at Surguja in Chhattisgarh will operate on ‘uni-diversonal’ mode, which means the landing and take-off happen from different directions, an official press release said on Monday.
Due to the Madva mountain located at the northern side of the airport, the 72-seater planes will be operated on ‘uni-diversonal’ mode, it said.
Chhattisgarh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Amarjeet Bhagat, an MLA from Sitapur that is near Darima, inspected the airport on Monday.
He directed officials to soon finish all necessary works required for beginning flights from the airport. The Minister took a meeting of nodal officers at the airport terminal.
The Minister directed that ‘Thinthini Pathhar’ should be kept out of the boundaries of the airport as it is a place of archaeological importance.
Referring to OLX report, he asked officials to increase the length of the runway for 72-seater plane to 2,100 meters and increase the terminal strength of the airport for up to 300 passengers.
“Under the UDAAN scheme of the Union government, Darima airport is being developed to connect northern Chhattisgarh by air. Flight operations from Jagdalpur airport have already started. For beginning air service from Ambikapur combined effort is necessary,” Bhagat was quoted in the press release as saying.
