Development of Darbhanga and Deoghar Airports

The Minister of Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri visited the airports at Darbhanga and Deoghar on September 12 this year to review the ongoing development work, according to an official statement. “The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is developing these two airports, Darbhanga located in North Bihar and Deoghar in Jharkhand. With the operationalisation of these two airports, air connectivity of the region will be improved,” the statement by the Ministry of Civil Aviation said.

The AAI is developing the civil enclave at Darbhanga airport in Bihar for commencement of passenger flight operations with Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru under regional connectivity scheme ‘UDAN’, the Ministry noted. Construction of Darbhanga airport’s interim terminal building, which has an area of 1,400 square metre, is complete, it said. The Deoghar airport is being developed by the AAI in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Government of the State of Jharkhand. “The development of Deoghar airport with a project cost of 401.34 crore, is underway and will be completed very soon,” the Ministry noted.