The Haryana government would develop 4 air strips, Haryana transport, tourism, hospitality and civil aviation minister, Om Parkash Jain said on Monday.
The airstrips with hangar and landing facility would come up in Pinjore, Karnal, Bachhod (Narnaul), Hisar and Bhiwani in the state.
Jain was talking to the mediapersons at Guhla Cheeka in district Kaithal on Monday. He said that pilot training facilities would be available at these air strips so that new avenues of opportunities could be available to the youth of the state. He said there are immense possibilities in the field of aviation.
Jain said the air strips of Pinjore would be developed by giving it to private sector and process of dedicating the air strips of Narnaul to the people had already been started. Bachhod (Narnaul) would be developed for aerosports activities also.
In reply to another question regarding state government?s efforts to develop tourism, he said the state government were making all out efforts to bring Haryana on world tourism map. The tourism potentials in the state were being explored and all possible tourism spots were being developed so that a large number of tourists, both foreign and domestic, could be attracted.