Kathmandu, October 5 : Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has said that much-awaited Nijgadh International Airport is that national-pride project which is strategically linked with the nation’s interest and development. At a meeting of International Relations Committee under the House of Representatives held at Singha Durbar in the capital yesterday, Minister Bhattarai expressed the commitment that the construction works of the airport would be accelerated by keeping the unsolved issues aside.
He also shared that the discussions are underway in order to move ahead with such works of the airport either on a public- private partnership (PPP) or a government- to- government (G2G) model.
According to him, the steps are also being taken to count and cut down the trees at the areas of 1,900 hectares for airport construction. “While doing so, the affected communities are being duly compensated”.
