Madhya Pradesh's airstrips being privatised

Bhopal, May 23 (UNI) With a view to promoting tourism and encourage investment, the airstips in Madhya Pradesh are being privatised.

''Such privatisation will also attract foreign investment. An initiative has already been made taken in Panna district, where a private company is using and expanding an airstrip besides conveying tourists to Kanha National Park and other key tourist spots in the vicinity,'' Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters at his residence last evening after a ten-day visit to the US and the UK.

The preparations are also underway to make this centrally located state as an education hub.

''The education hub will cater to the rich resource of youthful population, as IT-supported education will be mplemented,'' the chief minister said.

Preparations are underway for a two-day 'Global Investors Meet' scheduled here by October-end,'' Mr Chouhan added.

The airports here and at Indore are being upgraded to international status, he added.

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