Puri: A technical team of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) conducted a survey for the proposed Shree Jagannath International Airport in the Sipasarubali area here today.
The AAI team comprised four officials from Delhi and three from the Bhubaneswar airport.
Puri Sub Collector Bhabataran Sahu was present during the AAI team’s survey at Sipasarubali in Puri Sadar block. The team after conducting the survey examined the land’s map and other documents.
Sources revealed that the AAI’s team is likely to discuss the matter with the district administration in the evening.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on January 1, 2021, had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for establishing an international airport at Puri in the name of Shree Jagannath International Airport, for which the State Government has identified land close to the pilgrim town.
Subsequently, a team of the AAI had visited Puri in the month of June last year and had conducted a pre-feasibility study for the proposed airport.
The district administration had shown them different locations in Sipasarubali mouza for the proposed airport.
