Gandhinagar

Civil Aviation Minister of Gujarat, Saurabh Patel today said that Gujarat will emerge as hub for maintenance and repairing of planes and helicopters.

In a reply in assembly, he said that Gujarat started Maintenance Repairing Overall(MRO) facility in 2009 by starting GUJSAIL MRO complex at Sardar Patel airport, In last one year, six planes and one helicopter have been repaired here.

Minister further said that to start MRO, Director General Civil Aviation prepares a list of approved organizations, and they only are allotted space.

Minister Patel said the government plans to start airstrip in various districts, and in some district such service has been already started. The present MRO facility will serve the needs of maintenance for such airstrips. Through repair of planes and helicopters of various organizations, the government has earned income of Rs. 13.36 lakh.

In reply to another question MoS, Civil Aviation Jashabhai Barad said that the government has planned to start Keshod airport soon.

In reply to separate question, Minister Saurabh Patel said that the government plans to develop air strips at Ankleshwar, Palitana, Morbi, Dahej, Dwarka and Ambaji.

He said boundary wall and land leveling works are in progress at Ankleshwar. Palitana is witnessing land measurement and demarcation works. Transfer of land at Morbi and Dahej is in progress. Land measurement task is going on at Dwarka.

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