Kolkata: On the day the NDA Government announced its new civil aviation policy to boost connectivity to smaller cities across India, Air India withdrew flights to Durgapur in West Bengal due to operational reasons.
Built at a cost of Rs. 600 crore the brand-new Durgapur Airport saw the last Air India flight fly out on Wednesday just a year after its inauguration. The move comes as a huge blow to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plans to rejuvenate industry in the region. Local industry bodies are worried too.
Subrata Dutta, who represents a local industry body told reporters, "There will be a big loss because of the flight being stopped. So the businessmen who get goods here and the businessmen from Delhi who come here will stop coming. Many industries coming from Delhi with investments will stop."
The Trinamool and the BJP blame each other for the mess. The BJP says the airport was merely a front for a mega real-estate deal while the Trinamool smells a conspiracy by the Centre to upset Ms Banerjee's development plans for West Bengal, and the region in particular.
17/06/16 Saurabh Gupta/NDTV
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Built at a cost of Rs. 600 crore the brand-new Durgapur Airport saw the last Air India flight fly out on Wednesday just a year after its inauguration. The move comes as a huge blow to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plans to rejuvenate industry in the region. Local industry bodies are worried too.
Subrata Dutta, who represents a local industry body told reporters, "There will be a big loss because of the flight being stopped. So the businessmen who get goods here and the businessmen from Delhi who come here will stop coming. Many industries coming from Delhi with investments will stop."
The Trinamool and the BJP blame each other for the mess. The BJP says the airport was merely a front for a mega real-estate deal while the Trinamool smells a conspiracy by the Centre to upset Ms Banerjee's development plans for West Bengal, and the region in particular.
17/06/16 Saurabh Gupta/NDTV
