Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday said that flights from the Shimla airport would resume soon with the renovation of the airstrip.
The Jubbarhatti Airport near Shimla had been shut since September 2012.
The Chief Minister said that the Airport Authority of India (AAI) had also conducted a survey near Kandaghat in Solan district, located adjoining the national highway 22, for setting up a new airport, which would facilitate landing of bigger aircraft.
“But before that, the Jubbarhatti airport would resume operation,” he added.
Presiding over the Anokhi Dali fair near Jubbarhatti, the Chief Minister said that emphasis had been laid on connecting the left-out areas of the Shimla rural Assembly constituency with roads as it was not possible to ensure overall development without roads.
He lauded the efforts of the locals for raising their economy by cultivating and growing off-season vegetables.