Karnal, Nov. 22 -- Stalled for over a decade, the expansion of Karnal Airport was taken up by Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar with his counterpart, Union minister of civil aviation Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, at a meeting in Delhi on Friday.

In a statement, Khattar said that he had detailed discussions on expanding air services in his parliamentary constituency, Karnal and was confident that in the coming years, Karnal will establish a distinct identity on India's air map.

"The UDAN scheme, launched by the respected Prime Minister in 2015, was centred on his vision that even those wearing slippers could travel by air. Today, India has made unprecedented progress in the field of civil aviation, as reflected in the doubling of air...