Efforts are underway to complete the construction work of theย Hollongiย Airport near Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.ย 

This was stated by union law minister Kirenย Rijijuย on Sunday.ย 

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โ€œAll efforts are on to complete the Airport construction atย Hollongiย by the end of 2022,โ€ย Rijijuย said.ย 

He made this statement while informing thatย Flybigย Airlines โ€œhas expandedย itโ€™sย full operations to theย frontier stateย ofย Arunachal Pradesh connectingย Pasighatย andย Tezuโ€.ย 

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The Greenfield airport atย Hollongiย near Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh is expected to get ready before November 2022.ย 

Earlier in December last year,ย Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu visited theย site ofย Greenfield airport atย Hollongiandย took stock of the progress of the construction work.ย 

The Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh governments are trying to ensure that the airport becomes functional by August 2022.ย 

Out of the total 2300 metres length of the runway, construction of 1500 metres has been completed.ย 

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Spread over an area of 320 hectares, the Greenfield Airport once completed, would be able to accommodate narrow-body jets like the Airbus A321 in the first phase.ย 

โ€œThis is a dream project of the people of Arunachal Pradesh,โ€ย Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu had said.ย