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August 6, 2010 | DGCA identifies airports of Shimla and Kullu as critical | Kullu/Shimla: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its safety audit report identified two airports of Shimla and
Kullu in Himachal Pradesh as critical. Following the crash of the Air India Express flight IX 812 in Mangalore on May 22, the DGCA has in all identified 11 airports as difficult. "In India few air fields have been identified as difficult air fields and Kullu is one of them. The command in difficult airfields is very necessary
and who all commanders can make the aircrafts land here," said aviation expert
Subhash Sharma. "All these commanders have to take special clearance as the plane
has to pass through valley to enter the airfield that is why it is difficult,"
he added. Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the
State Government has asked for the expansion of the airport, but would go with
the decisions of the Authority. "Airport Authority of India has its own definitions
in this regard. They have rated Shimla and Kullu airport as critical. For Shimla
Airport the report recommends a need of expansion and for Kullu airport they says
that it is critical due to the valley. We can't change the valley; it is a geographical
and topographical factor," said Dhumal. "We have asked them for the expansion.
They are still to define it is critical from what point of view, so it is their
decision. The state government would go with their decision and we have always
been supportive in this regard," he added. Besides Shimla and Kullu, airports
at Leh, Port Blair, Agartala, Lengpui, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Latur, Jammu and
Patna have also been stated as critical. |
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