Patna. Sanjay Jha, a minister in the cabinet of Bihar government, has targeted the central government regarding the mismanagement of Darbhanga airport. He has expressed his displeasure over the continuous neglect of Darbhanga Airport. He has raised many questions on the central government regarding this. In a post written on social media, he has once again raised the issue of Darbhanga Airport. He has written that this is Darbhanga Airport. Here fares skyrocket, planes wait for the fog on the ground to clear.
Have requested several times to speed up the work
JDU leader Sanjay Jha, considered very close to Nitish Kumar, further wrote that I met Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on October 3, 2022 and told him about the establishment of night landing facility at Darbhanga Airport and construction of civil enclave. The process of land acquisition is going on at a fast pace. Also requested that the tender process and other preparations for the above facilities should be started without any delay, so that there is no delay in the construction work after the transfer of the land acquired by the state government.
No work is being done even after handing over the land
Sanjay Jha told Scindia that the state government had handed over about 78 acres of land acquired by spending more than Rs 342 crore to the Airport Authority of India in two installments months ago. Sanjay Jha said that the Bihar government has handed over the land sought for the development of the airport, but despite several months having passed, the tender process has not been completed yet. People are facing a lot of problems at Darbhanga Airport. Due to flight delays, people have to wait for a long time at the airport. Now Minister Sanjay Jha has raised questions on the Center regarding this problem.
Expressed grief over delay in night landing facility
He has requested that the tender process and other preparations for the said facilities should be started immediately, so that there is no delay in the construction work after the transfer of the land acquired by the state government. He has written that we had hoped that at least the night landing facility would be established before the start of the fog season in the year 2023, but, the fog will wreak havoc on the air passengers traveling from Darbhanga Airport in the year 2024. is also continuing. Until how long?
How long will this rented flight last?
JDU leader and Bihar minister Sanjay Jha has earlier been targeting the central government on the issue of rent on social media platform X. Recently also he had written that a friend needs to reach Delhi from Darbhanga tomorrow itself, but the fare for tomorrow’s flight is between 27 thousand to 34 thousand rupees. In such a situation, not only the person wearing slippers, but also the person wearing suit and boots will not be able to fly from Darbhanga. How long will this fare from the airport of Udaan scheme last? With this comment written on X, he also tagged the Civil Aviation Ministry, AAI and Darbhanga Airport.
The issue of rent was raised even during Diwali.
Sanjay Jha had earlier also commented on expensive air services. He has also met Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia regarding this. AAI has also been requested to fix the maximum limit on air fares, but after Chhath festival, the air fares have increased so much that common people are avoiding boarding the planes, whereas PM Modi had said that such a system It has been said that now even the slippers will travel by air.
Movement of people has reduced
The latest situation is that the fare from Darbhanga to Delhi as on 29th November is Rs 14274 and Rs 15534. On number 30, the fare is Rs 12070 and Rs 13120 from Darbhanga to Delhi. Due to increase in flight fares, the movement of people has also reduced. Earlier the number of passengers coming to Darbhanga airport has now reduced. Due to increase in fares, people are now finding it convenient to go to Delhi by train. Recently, when Sanjay Jha had raised this issue, the airline reduced the fare for a day or two, but as soon as the matter cooled down, the air fare once again skyrocketed.