Agartala, Oct 23 (UNI) The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is embarking into an ambitious plan to resume operation in abandoned airfield at Kailashahar in North Tripura under Unokoti district by 2021, as ministry of tourism and culture made an elaborate plan to bring Unokoti archaeological site, famous for huge-rock cut sculptures of 15thcentury.
The official sources here today stated that AAI has already started necessary renovation work to re-open Kailashahar airport, which will further intensify from next month. AAI estimated that a large number of people living in Unokoti, Dhalai, North Tripura, South Assam, bordering Mizoram and neighbouring Bangladesh have been flying every day from Agartala now.
The reopening of Kailashahar airport was a longstanding demand of the people of the northern region of the state but it was not recognised well previously. However, recently the Tripura government and Lok Sabha MP from Tripura Pratima Bhowmik have persuaded the matter with Ministry of Civil Aviation that yielded a positive result.