Orissa House Committee oppose privatisation of Jharsugura airport

Sambalpur, Sep 21 (UNI) The House Committee of the Orissa Assembly led by Draupadi Murmu, MLA, has opposed the move of the state government to hand over maintenance of Jharsuguda airport to private agencies.

The Committee, which visited Jharsuguda district on Tuesday, said the Jharsugura airport had played a crucial role during the Second World War and Indo-Pak war in 1971.

But due to lack of proper maintenance and ''apathetic'' attitude of the Civil Aviation Ministry, it had been declared unsafe since long.

The Committee felt that the revival of the Jharsugura airport was necessary in the wake of rapid industrialisation in Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts.

Congress MLA Anup Sai, also a member of the House Committee, dubbed the move of the state government to hand over the airport to private management as illogical and unjustified.

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