Disruptions of flight operations from Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport due to waterlogging at regular intervals in the peak monsoon season this year has been a matter of concern for the authorities as CM plans to upgrade it into an international airport.
Incidentally in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first person to fly to New Delhi in a special flight from Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Andal.
A high-level meeting took place at Asansol for rehabilitation and resettlement for the people affected due to subsidence and underground fire in Raniganj Coalfields area.
Sources said the aircraft took from Mumbai at around 5 p.m. and was supposed to land at Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal at around 7.30 p.m.
At present Air India operates flight services from Durgapur to New Delhi and Durgapur to Hyderabad four days a week.
During the 2016 assembly polls, however, Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport had registered business of Rs 1 crore.
