India, Feb. 4 -- Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) MP HD Deve Gowda urged the government to establish a second airport in Bengaluru during the Question Hour session in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Highlighting the growing passenger traffic at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), he emphasized the urgent need for an additional airport to ease congestion.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu MP Thambidurai also advocated for an airport in Hosur, which is just an hour's drive from Bengaluru, further fueling the debate over aviation infrastructure in the region.

Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Deve Gowda stated that the Karnataka government had already proposed the construction of a second airport and had discussed the matter with the Union Minister...