ITANAGAR, Oct 1: Expressing gratitude to Union MoS for DoNER Jitendra Prasad and the Pema Khandu-led state government for “expediting the airport issue in Arunachal Pradesh,” NGO Green Arunachal Foundation (GAF) on Monday said it is important for the state to have air connectivity in view of its location near the Sino-India border.
In a press release, GAF chairman Takam Tatung appealed to the state government to “pursue the matter with the central government till its fulfillment.”
A GAF team had called on the then President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi in April last year and apprised him of the urgent need of establishing airports in Arunachal, besides stressing on early construction of the greenfield airport at Hollongi, the release said.
The GAF expressed hope that the foundation stone for the Hollongi airport would be laid by December this year as promised by Prasad.
