BOKARO, May 29 -- Bokaro MLA Shweta Singh met the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, at his official residence on Kushak Road in New Delhi on Wednesday. During the meeting, she discussed several long-pending public concerns of Bokaro, with a major emphasis on the early operationalisation of the Bokaro airport, which has been a long-standing demand of the people of the region.

Responding to her request, Minister Kumaraswamy immediately held telephonic discussions with officials from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). He directed them to expedite the process of signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two bodies and ensure that all remaining technic...