Haryana's 2nd airport to come up in Ambala

As Haryana is set to get its first domestic airport at Hisar that will be thrown open by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the authorities have prepped up arrangements at another airport in Ambala Cantonment, which is likely to become operational soon.

- Bhavey Nagpal

AMBALA:

The domestic airport in Ambala will be the first in state to use the airstrip of the Indian Air Force (IAF) station, one of the oldest in the country, for flight operations.

The civil enclave, as it is called in the official communications, was sanctioned under the RCS-UDAN scheme of the Union government in December 2018, under which an airport terminal has been established on 20 acres of land.

Project experienced several delays. The project experienced several delays, particularly due to selection of land owing to the strategic importance of the IAF station that is home to fighter aircraft like Rafale and Jaguar.

However, in June 2023, the land worth ₹133 crore was transferred by the defence ministry just next to the IAF station on Jagadhari Road and later in October, former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar laid the foundation stone of the project.