Jamshedpur, Feb. 10 -- Hopes for an early resumption of work on the Dhalbhumgarh airport project has been rekindled after it was placed in the Union Budget-2026 under the Udan Yojna and Union minister Bhupendra Yadav assuring instant clearance once the Jharkhand government sent replies to the queries by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (UMoEFC), people close to the matter said Tuesday.

The development assumes significance in the light of the fact that though the foundation stone for the project was laid in 2018-19, it couldn't take off in view of land and forest clearance. The Union civil aviation ministry had sanctioned Rs.100 crore at that time and an MoU was signed between the state government and the Airpo...