IEP Chandigarh, June 19
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that “Gurugram-Heliport” is an ambitious project of the state government, which will be started soon. Under the Central Government’s “Udan” scheme, air travel will be started from Hisar Airport to various major cities of the country. The Deputy CM, who also holds the portfolio of Civil Aviation Department, was presiding over a meeting of senior officers of Civil Aviation Department and State Government, here today.Sh. Dushyant Chautala discussed the various sites suggested by the officers related to Gurugram-Heliport and directed to prepare its final report at the earliest.Referring to the routes to be started from Hisar Airport under the UDAN scheme, he said that explore the possibilities of starting air flights from Hisar to Delhi, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jaipur, Amritsar, Kullu, Jammu and other cities.The Deputy Chief Minister informed after the meeting that on April 27, 2017, the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi had launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN, the flagship programme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The scheme was launched with an aim to fulfil the aspirations of common citizens following the vision of “Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik” with advanced aviation infrastructure and air connectivity in Tier II and Tier III cities.He informed that under UDAN it is targeted to complete 220 destinations (Airports/Heliports/Water Aerodromes) across the country with 1000 routes by the year 2026 to provide air connectivity to the unconnected destinations of the country. He said that this scheme has played a major role in the transformation of the Indian aviation industry. Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the day is not far when civil aviation will become the basis of transport in Haryana along with rail transport and road transport.
