Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan has requested Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to make air services regular via Jharsuguda. Based on the demand of BJP State general secretary Tankadhar Tripathi, Pradhan apprised Scindia about the repeated cancellations from flights departing from the Veer Surendra Sai airport, Jharsuguda.
Pradhan urged Scindia to ensure that the flight services are regularised and passengers using the airport can depend on the services consistently and don't get hassled by such cancellations. He also requested the Civil Aviation Minister to resume flights to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad immediately as the services on these routes have been closed completely.
Besides, Pradhan demanded to begin direct flights to Jaipur and Ranchi from Jharsuguda, considering the vast migrant population from Rajasthan and Jharkhand living in Jharsuguda for many generations. Scindia assured Pradhan that he would look into the requests and take swift action as feasible.