All five Divisions in Jharkhand will soon get connected through air routes. Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the State Government was ready to provide all support to the Government of India to get five divisions connected through air routes.
Das, during his inaugural speech of the newly constructed Cargo Complex at Birsa Munda Airport here on Friday, was reacting to the request made by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha.
“I support the proposal made by the Union Minister of State and request him to start the work in all the five divisions as it is you who has to show the pace,” said the Chief Minister. The work of the construction and up-gradation of airports in all the five divisions will be started soon in the next 2-3 months.
Sinha, seeking support of the State Government, had requested Das to connect all the five divisions in Jharkhand through air routes which will bring pace in the business. He also assured all support from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and said that all necessary funds will be released in this regard. Now, the ball was in the State Government’s court, he added.
“From April 1, four more flights of Air Asia will take off from Ranchi, including a morning flight to Delhi and an evening flight from Delhi to Ranchi enabling passengers to return same day from Delhi,” said Sinha. In addition to that, Hyderabad and Chennai will also be connected soon from Ranchi, he said.
Sinha further said that the new Cargo Complex was an achievement for Jharkhand through which any product could be made available to any part of the country as around 25-30 tonnes of cargo is transported everyday out of which the major part is of on-line products.
“More and more flights are introduced because Jharkhand has the potential. Earlier, there were only 4-5 flights were there, but now there are 14 flights from Ranchi out of which 7 of them are for Delhi,” said Sinha. Per annum growth of air passengers from Ranchi is around 25 per cent, he added.
The Chief Minister further said that both the State Government and the Centre as well, intends to provide world class facilities to the passengers on road, train and air. He also said that Jharkhand has been the fastest growing state in Eastern India which stands fourth in the terms of GDP in the country after Gujarat and Manipur.
“If India becomes an economic superpower, Jharkhand could never be untouched of it. Jharkhand will have a great contribution to it as it has more than 40 per cent of the minerals in the country,” said the CM.
He also appealed the Opposition parties to support him on Global Investors’ Summit (GIS) and never take any such step which will result into the tarnishing image of the state. He, however, accepted that differences are bound to be there in democracy but one should keep away of it when it comes to the matter of prestige of the state.
“The GIS is being organized only after the investors showed keen interests during road shows done by me,” said the CM. He also added that his Government will sign only those MoUs which could be brought on the ground. “Whatever will be done, it will be done in a concrete way,” said Das.
He expected that Jharkhand could be seen as the most successful state in India after 7-8 years.9 countries display their stall along 12 States