Mohali Airport Update !

If a Province or State have Airport at its centre then it will attract Industrialists, Tourists and it will boost economy of that particular territory and proudly Punjab State has RajaSansi International Airport,Amritsar but somehow it fail to attract investors, tourists and Non Resident of India (NRI)across globe to land Amritsar airport, so till date more then eighty to ninety percent of Air travelers prefer to land at New Delhi Airport and from there as per their necessity travel to their home town through Taxi or Bus in India but it takes almost ten to twelve hours depending on the location they have their home town which consumes almost their half day more and if they are on short visit then three to four days will be used by tedious journey of to and fro and he/she will hardly time to enjoy his/her stay in India, and it is from quite long time demand of resident of Punjab to have Airport in the centre of Punjab because it will be good for countless residents of Punjab from Doaba region to reach their respective home in just three to four hours but also air travelers of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana , Jammu and Kashmir it will drastically reduce their time to reach their destinations. With the commencement of international flights from Mohali Airport and domestic flights from Sahnewal airport from December this year Punjab is going to be country’s most air connected sate. It may be added that a major milestone in the aviation history of northern India was achieved by Punjab on Thursday for prestigious International Airport at Mohali with signing of a Joint Venture Agreement for the formation of Joint Venture Company for undertaking the project amongst the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Government of India, Government of Punjab through Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and Government of Haryana through Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) at Ministry of Civil Aviation Headquarters, New Delhi.
        Today happy news come that International flights from Mohali Airport and domestic flights from Sahnewal Airport (Ludhiana) will start at the end of this year and with the operational of Mohali International Airport it is believe that it will boost economy not only of Punjab but the entire northern region. Connectivity to Airport would be from Sector 20 of Panchkula through Zirakpur and from Mohali based on the alignments approved by the GMADA executive committee. As per planning six-lane road from Chandigarh to the airport will be construct and third access to the Airport from Chhat village on the Patiala-Zirakpur highway, Punjab state forward the proposal on the name of Airport after Martyr Bhagat Singh but the name will be finalise with the consent of three partners and they are Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) and as per Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab said that this milestone will make the state one of the finest and most easily accessible tourist as well as business hub in South Asia. He add that work on up gradation of tarmac, taxiway and civil lounge building has already begun and probably domestic flights from Mohali Airport will start from June 2010, while the facilities at the International Airport in Amritsar will be upgraded also at the same time. Sahnewal Airport get approval for domestic flights and after getting approval for up gradation of Sahnewal Airport night landing facility erected at airstrip.
      A Memorandum of Understanding was signed among three parties on beginning of this year that is January 4, 2009 for the development of International Airport, Mohali with 51% of equity share of Government of India and 24.5% each of Punjab and Haryana governments, so coming time after December month will open new chapter for air Travelers of northern region and will give great relief to the Air travelers from lengthy and tedious journey from airport to their homes.