Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT)`s ex-Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday urged Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to sanction two new airports in Palghar and Fardapur (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), and sought readability on the standing of the proposed airports in Pune and Nashik. He mentioned that the event of those airports would increase progress and improve passenger connectivity, business, agriculture and tourism in these areas. Thackeray Jr. referred to the Union Budget 2023-2024 and welcomed the plans for 50 airports/helipads/ports to be developed/upgraded within the nation, however since particulars have been missing resulting in confusion, he requested Scindia to accord precedence for civil aviation improvement in Maharashtra.
He identified that in his tenure as a Maharashtra Minister, his focus was to push a number of key tasks together with a 3rd airport for Mumbai at Palghar and the event of the Fardapur airfield.
While the Navi Mumbai Airport will likely be prepared quickly, Mumbai would require a 3rd airport within the subsequent 10 years, and the previous Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had requested the Maharashtra Airport Development Company to begin engaged on the Palghar airport.
This, he claimed within the 2-pager, would offer many advantages, together with a income generator if it turned out to be a passenger airport, cargo hub and provide parking amenities for plane.
On the Fardapur mission which the Thackeray authorities was exploring, Thackeray Jr. mentioned that hundreds of vacationer flock to view the marvels of Ajanta-Ellora caves in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), however the nearest airport there’s 160 kms away, making the journey arduous.
Thackeray Jr. additionally urged Scindia to resolve the problems pertaining to the Nashik and Pune airport – the latter`s enlargement plans or a brand new airport has been a long-debated demand that may afford the state`s cultural capital a world connectivity.
Referring to Nashik, he mentioned it’s a matter of nice ache because it is among the holiest cities with a wealthy heritage like Pune and must be tapped with an airport of world requirements.
“I have only mentioned a few of Maharashtra`s multiple points of potential and roadblocks in the sector of civil aviation, directly linking it to industry, agriculture, tourism growth… I hope you will take cognisance of my humble request and give justice to Maharashtra`s civil aviation needs,” Thackeray Jr concluded.
