Mizoram: NGOCC Opposes Handing Over of Lengpui Airport to IAF, Meets CM Lalduhoma

AIZAWL: Mizoram-based NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC), a conglomerate of major civil society organizations and student bodies headed by the Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA), has urged Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma not to hand over Lengpui airport in Aizawl to the Indian Delhi Air Force (IAF).

NGOCC leaders met with Lalduhoma on February 7, urging him that the state government review its decision to hand over the airport to the IAF. Lalduhoma told the leaders that Lengpui Airport is the only airport in the country, which is owned and managed by the state government.

The state government is facing financial constraints in maintaining the Lengpui airport. The chief minister told the NGOCC leaders that the state government is willing to continue to own and maintain the airport. Funds will be sought from the Finance Commission to upgrade the airport and improve its runway, he said.

The Chief Minister's Finance Adviser, TBC Lalvenchhunga, who headed the Working Committee on Lengpui Airport, said that the state cabinet is yet to take a final decision on the handover of the Lengpui Airport to the IAF. He said that a draft Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for handing over the Lengpui airport is yet to be completed.

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