Paving the way for the development of Bilaspur Airport, High Court directs to expedite the work of night landing and land demarcation

Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. The High Court has directed to expedite the work of night landing and land demarcation after the consent of the state government to install DVOR technology. The strict stand and meaningful intervention of Justice Gautam Bhaduri and Justice Radhakrishna Agarwal has paved the way for the development of Bilaspur Airport.

Let us tell you that for about a year, the matter was stuck due to differences between the Center and the state on the use of technology for night landing at the airport. In the hearing on June 19, the High Court had called a joint meeting of the Center and the State and directed to resolve the matter. And the state had to follow the same instructions that the Center had given in its letter dated April 18. During the hearing on the PILs in the matter on Thursday, the state government said that the state government is ready to follow the instructions given by the Central Government regarding night landing in the meeting held on the instructions of the court. This made it clear that now the state government will not insist on night landing facility on the basis of satellite based PBN technology.

On the other hand, the court took a tough stand on the pending process of transferring the army-occupied land to the airport and accepted the letter of the district administration, in which the Patwari strike and rain were cited as the reason for not being able to demarcate. The court said that the airport land is not agricultural land and according to the Land Revenue Code, the Tehsildar and other revenue officers can demarcate the land. The court directed to start the demarcation on July 29 and complete it within two weeks. The court has also issued a notice to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security for not getting permission to break the boundary wall till now.