Prabasi Odias living in the United Arab Emirates have demanded direct air connectivity to the Jharsuguda Airport from major metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
A group of senior Odia professionals living in the UAE met the Consul General of India and presented a memorandum on the same issue.
According to this group of Odia professionals, currently Bhubaneswar has about 11 daily direct flights from Delhi and about 4 flights from Mumbai. Jharsuguda falls on the flight path of both these routes. To begin with, we urge the Government of India to at least start hopping flights to Jharsuguda. A flight from Delhi to Bhubaneswar or from Mumbai to Bhubaneswar can easily go via Jharsuguda. Even if this arrangement is not made for all days of the week, such flights can operate on bi-weekly or tri-weekly basis.
Consul General of India at Dubai Shri Vipul, who himself has lived and worked in Rourkela for about 6 months, promised to take this up with Civil Aviation Ministry in Delhi and request for active consideration for introduction of direct flights.
