{"id":108978,"date":"2024-08-06T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/harsimrat-kaur-urges-centre-to-upgrade-bathinda-into-international-airport\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:18:51","slug":"harsimrat-kaur-urges-centre-to-upgrade-bathinda-into-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/harsimrat-kaur-urges-centre-to-upgrade-bathinda-into-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Harsimrat Kaur urges Centre to upgrade Bathinda into international airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur<\/a> Badal on Tuesday urged Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu to upgrade the status of Bathinda airport to international. In a letter to the Union minister, Harsimrat also requested the introduction of international flights from Bathinda to Canada to facilitate students and families who travel frequently between the two destinations. <\/p>\n

The Bathinda MP also requested for a daily Delhi-Bathinda-Delhi flight<\/a>, utilising Boeing aircraft and flights under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme that was introduced in 2016. <\/p>\n

Harsimrat called for introduction of flights linking the two holy takhts of Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded, Maharashtra and Sri Patna Sahib in Patna, Bihar. <\/p>\n

The MP highlighted Bathinda’s strategic position as a hub connecting eight districts across three states — Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan — spanning from Sirsa in Haryana to Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, encompassing Sangrur, Mansa, Ferozepur and Faridkot districts in Punjab.<\/p>\n

Bathinda’s importance extends beyond geographical boundaries as it houses a central university, a major oil refinery, three thermal plants and the revered Takht of the Sikhs’ Sri Damdama Sahib, Harsimrat said. <\/p>\n

With no international airport within the 300-km radius, Bathinda airport presents a fit case for upgradation to an international airport, she added.The SAD leader said that starting flights to Canada from Bathinda will help a lot of students who study there from all the nearby districts. This would also facilitate non-resident Indians and families who currently have to land in Delhi and then travel by road to their destinations in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, she said.Harsimrat said that starting a daily Delhi-Bathinda flight would promote the region’s economic and social development. <\/p>\n

She said that a Delhi-Bathinda-Delhi flight, which was flagged off in 2016, operated five times a week with an 80 per cent occupancy rate but was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

The MP emphasised that linking the two takhts of Sri Hazur Sahib and Sri Patna Sahib would facilitate Sikh pilgrims and called for this long-pending demand of the Sikh community to be met.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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