Cabinet clears ₹150-crore plan for six new small airports in Bihar
Representative Image PATNA: Air travel in Bihar’s smaller towns is set for a major boost with the state cabinet on Tuesday approving a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the state govt and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the construction of six small airports under the Centre’s Udan scheme. The new airports will be developed in Madhubani, Birpur, Munger, Valmikinagar, Muzaffarpur and Saharsa, cabinet secretariat department additional chief secretary S Siddharth said after the cabinet meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar. Each airport is estimated to cost Rs 25 crore and a total allocation of Rs 150 crore has…