July 25, 2024
Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s supplementary question during Question Hour on the reasons the work for Kolkata’s second international airport is not being initiated
Sir, I am happy to see this young Minister whose father was one of my best friends in the 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas. His father, Yerran Naidu was my very dear friend. Shri Baalu was there. That was long time back during the 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas. He knows it well. So, my question is this. West Bengal is always neglected from all corners. Why is the second international airport in Kolkata not taking shape? The proposal has been taken up. The budgetary allotment has been done. The space has been proposed by the State Government. But why is the Government not initiating the proposal? A reply is being given by the Government that the distance of the second airport from Kolkata is very long. But if the State Government agrees, if the people of West Bengal agree, if the land is available, then why is the second international airport not being initiated immediately which is the desire and expectation of the people of Kolkata and West Bengal for a long time? Will the Minister reply in a positive form?
