Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday directed the state civil aviation division to instantly tie up with the Center for direct flights to international locations such because the US and Canada from the worldwide airport in Mohali.

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At current, solely two worldwide flights are operational from the airport to Dubai and Sharjah.

Chairing a gathering to assessment the functioning of the civil aviation division, Mann stated numerous folks from the state are settled in international locations just like the US, Canada, UK, New Zealand and Australia. This initiative will facilitate the Punjabi diaspora settled overseas to go to their native locations within the state in a seamless method, he stated.

To give an impetus to the agro and meals processing trade within the state, Mann additionally requested the division to instantly begin cargo flights from the worldwide airport, in line with an official launch.

The chief minister stated this step will go a great distance in giving much-needed increase to the export of meals merchandise throughout the globe and particularly in supplementing earnings of state farmers manifold by way of this farmer-friendly initiative.

Mann requested the division to instantly convene a gathering with the Haryana civil aviation division for evolving a broad consensus on naming the worldwide airport right here as Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport. The CM additionally underscored the necessity to arrange a global civil enclave at Halwara to be operational on the earliest in order that the commerce and industrial actions within the neighborhood of Ludhiana may get a significant increase. Stressing the necessity to streamline the functioning of the Punjab State Civil Aviation Council (PSCAC), Mann additionally requested the secretary, civil aviation, to work out modalities for giving choice to the state youth in imparting flying coaching.

This council might be instrumental in offering flying coaching to the native youth as per worldwide requirements, stated Mann.

Earlier, they needed to get flying coaching from different elements of the nation and even overseas by spending enormous cash however now they’d be supplied with this facility at inexpensive charges inside their very own state, he stated. He additionally requested the division to accentuate its efforts for the improve of the system for facilitating the flying operations in low visibility situations, particularly throughout dense fog in winter.