<p>The steel city of Jamshedpur is all set to have air connectivity under the Union government's Udan scheme soon, said a senior official of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district.</p>.<p>Air services between Jamshedpur-Kolkata and Jamshedpur-Bhubaneswar are likely to be launched from October 30 with a nine-seater aircraft from Sonari aerodrome, Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order), Nandkishore Lal said on Friday.</p>.<p>Deputy Development Commissioner Saurabh Sinha and Lal along with aerodrome officials, fire department officers, Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee representatives and Traffic Deputy SP Kamal Kishore held a meeting over the issue and discussed security and fire safety arrangements.</p>.<p>"We have trained 49 security personnel to be deputed at the aerodrome and 12 of them have already started providing their services," the officer added.</p>.<p>Earlier, airlines, including MDLR, Vayudoot and Deccan Airways, had launched flights to nearby cities, such as Kolkata and Ranchi from Sonari aerodrome, with small aircraft, but later they stopped services.</p>.<p>Reestablishing air connectivity with Jamshedpur has been a long-pending demand from businesses in the area as well as the state government.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the BJP claimed that the proposed launch of air services from Jamshedpur was the outcome of a meeting between Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and its state spokesperson Kunal Sarangi, over the issue recently.</p>.<p>On the sidelines of the inauguration of Deoghar airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 12, Sarangi had said he submitted a memorandum to Scindia, urging him to start air service with charter planes under the government's Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme from the steel city till a big airport would come up.</p>.<p>Jamshedpur is Jharkhand's industrial capital and it is necessary to have air facilities in the era of globalisation, Sarangi said.</p>.<p>Referring to a proposed new airport at Dhalbhumgarh, about 55 kms from here, under Ghatsila Sub-division, Sarangi said a memorandum of understanding between the Airport Authority of India and the Jharkhand government was signed to construct an airport in 2019 but no progress has been made as yet.</p>.<p>The foundation stone of Dhalbhumgarh airport was laid in January 2019. </p>
<p>The steel city of Jamshedpur is all set to have air connectivity under the Union government's Udan scheme soon, said a senior official of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district.</p>.<p>Air services between Jamshedpur-Kolkata and Jamshedpur-Bhubaneswar are likely to be launched from October 30 with a nine-seater aircraft from Sonari aerodrome, Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order), Nandkishore Lal said on Friday.</p>.<p>Deputy Development Commissioner Saurabh Sinha and Lal along with aerodrome officials, fire department officers, Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee representatives and Traffic Deputy SP Kamal Kishore held a meeting over the issue and discussed security and fire safety arrangements.</p>.<p>"We have trained 49 security personnel to be deputed at the aerodrome and 12 of them have already started providing their services," the officer added.</p>.<p>Earlier, airlines, including MDLR, Vayudoot and Deccan Airways, had launched flights to nearby cities, such as Kolkata and Ranchi from Sonari aerodrome, with small aircraft, but later they stopped services.</p>.<p>Reestablishing air connectivity with Jamshedpur has been a long-pending demand from businesses in the area as well as the state government.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the BJP claimed that the proposed launch of air services from Jamshedpur was the outcome of a meeting between Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and its state spokesperson Kunal Sarangi, over the issue recently.</p>.<p>On the sidelines of the inauguration of Deoghar airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 12, Sarangi had said he submitted a memorandum to Scindia, urging him to start air service with charter planes under the government's Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme from the steel city till a big airport would come up.</p>.<p>Jamshedpur is Jharkhand's industrial capital and it is necessary to have air facilities in the era of globalisation, Sarangi said.</p>.<p>Referring to a proposed new airport at Dhalbhumgarh, about 55 kms from here, under Ghatsila Sub-division, Sarangi said a memorandum of understanding between the Airport Authority of India and the Jharkhand government was signed to construct an airport in 2019 but no progress has been made as yet.</p>.<p>The foundation stone of Dhalbhumgarh airport was laid in January 2019. </p>