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JALANDHAR: The work for construction of New Civil Enclave at the Adampur airport started on Thursday as Union civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu digitally laid the foundation stone of the project in the presence of Union minister of state Vijay Sampla .

Addressing the gathering, Union minister of state said that this was a historic initiative by Government of India and government of Punjab . He said that the upgraded airport would benefit the industrialists, NRIs and other sections of society in a big way. Sampla also lauded the efforts of Jalandhar deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma in expediting the process of construction of Adampur airport.

Meanwhile Jalandhar divisional commissioner B Purusartha said that Government of India and government of Punjab allocated Rs 115 crore for construction of New Civil Enclave at the airport. He also expressed hope that soon the International flights would commence from the airport. He said that it was matter of great pride and satisfaction that the civil aviation ministry has already decided to introduce two new flights to Mumbai and Jaipur from this airport.

Divisional commissioner B Purusartha said that the work on four-laning of road from Adampur to airport would be completed very soon. “State government has already given land for this ambitious project besides ensuring state of the art infrastructure for this project in terms of road, power, water supply and others. He said that the project of four-laning of the road was already under active consideration of the state government and would be completed very soon,” he said.

