BRAHMAPUR, March 4 -- The Bharatiya Bikash Parishad, led by its State president Surendra Panigrahi, in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister has demanded that the 'no flying zone' be reduced to 30 km instead of 75 km from Army AD College, Gopalpur, so as to pave the way for establishment of a cargo and domestic airport near there.
Referring to its earlier letter sent in September last, the Parishad reiterated that, keeping the importance and growing requirements of the Brahmapur city and its strategtic location in mind, the British regime had established an airport with 750-long runway at Rangilunda (presently close to the Berhampur University campus, Bhaja Bihar) during the Second World War, but the same has been neglected by the succe...