AAI & Odisha Govt to exchange land to widen road at Bhubaneshwar Airport

Oct 28, 2016: Cabinet approves exchanging of land between Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Govt. of Odisha for widening of road at Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneshwar. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the exchanging of Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) land measuring 1.6 acres with an equivalent land area of 1.6 acres offered by Odisha Government.

The State Govt. has offered 1.6 acres of land in lieu of 1.6 acres land of AAI and agreed to undertake and relocate all the existing infrastructure of AAI on the subject land on its own cost. Further, the land offered by the State Govt. is contiguous to existing airport and it will be used by AAI for construction of Parallel Taxi Track. The exchange of land is not only beneficial to the State Govt. and AAI but also to the people.

Odisha Government wants to widen the State Govt. road near Bhubaneswar Airport (known as Ekamara Marg/Palashpalli Road) for streamlining the security arrangements of the VIP movements and creating buffer zone for public use. For this purpose, 1.6 acres land of AAI is required by the State Govt.