TURA: Meghalaya Congress leader and Tura MP Saleng Sangma has called on the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law, and Justice to expedite measures to make Baljek Airport functional. Located in Meghalaya, Baljek Airport, also known as Tura Airport or VETU Airport, is a public airport situated 33 km northeast of Tura.
Despite being constructed decades ago, the airport remains non-operational, occasionally serving as a venue for music festivals. Sangma highlighted this longstanding issue, noting that the Standing Committee responded positively to his request. The committee has asked the state government to provide the required licenses and documents to move forward with the process.
Furthermore, the MP advocated for the Shillong-Delhi flight to operate daily instead of the current biweekly schedule. The committee also addressed broader aviation concerns, including high airfares and exorbitant parking fees at airports nationwide.
Meanwhile, the Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved the “CM Assure” scheme, a market intervention initiative to assist farmers during price declines for non-perishable crops.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma stated, “This scheme will aid farmers in distress by procuring non-perishable commodities like broomsticks and areca nuts at fixed prices, ensuring they don’t suffer from distress sales. A revolving corpus fund of Rs 100 crore has been allocated for this purpose.”
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