It is likely that it will take another 10 months to complete the four-laning work of the approach road for Adampur airport even though the airport renovation work is near completion and airline bids have been invited.
To reach the civil airport, commuters must take a longer detour through several villages. Due to a lengthy land acquisition process, the PWD has started work on the road, but it is moving slowly.
In Kandola and Damunda villages, 60 acres are being acquired under compulsory acquisition. During the Congress regime in 2019, ex-Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had announced to rename Adampur to Mehtiana airport approach road Sri Guru Ravidas Airport Road.
There will be four lanes on the 5.3-km road with a central verge of 1.5 m breadth on each side. It is possible that just one side of the road can be started by 30 April, according to PWD Executive Engineer BS Tuli. By September 30 next year, both sides will be operational.”
As we are required to schedule all steps within a timeframe, we cannot squeeze the acquisition process. A report has been sent to the PWD for acceptance and notification. The social impact assessment has been completed and the report has been sent to the PWD for acceptance and notification.
As Doaba businessmen have been pressing for it for a long time, Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh said he would seek to quickly resume flights from Jalandhar. “I will contact the relevant ministry as soon as Parliament resumes next month. Despite this, I have learned that the bids have already been invited.
During Covid times, civil airport flights were discontinued. Later, Spice Jet backed out of running flights between Jalandhar and Delhi and Jalandhar and Jaipur.
Adampur legislator Sukhwinder Kotli said: “The pending work on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road and Adampur airport approach road should be completed as soon as possible for the convenience of the passengers.”. Getting to the airport should be a smooth and free process.”.
