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The proposed Puri International Airport (PIA), a flagship infrastructure project of the Odisha Government, has recorded major progress with a series of key clearances and regulatory milestones, reaffirming its trajectory toward realisation, official sources said on Friday.
According to the sources, the ambitious project, aimed at transforming the coastal town of Puri into an international gateway, received a crucial boost when the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Government of India, granted Site Clearance for the Greenfield airport on September 22, 2023. This was followed by in-principle approval from the Centre on May 6, 2025...