Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Thursday said they had identified 2.5 hectares of land in the place of Biju Patnaik International Airport to place the iconic Dakota flown by former Main Minister Biju Patnaik and search for NOC from the same Indian Airport Authority (AAI).
The Ministry of Trade and Transportation recently written to the Civil Service Ministry to request AAI for NOC issuance and permission on the principle to position the Dakota aircraft on the selected site, which is located near the entrance to the International Biju Patnaik and close to the Airport and Building Police Station Administration of the airport director.
Registration of old Dakota DC-3 aircraft bearings and abandoned No.
W-AUL belongs to Kalinga Airlines who are now dead, which was founded by Biju.
This aircraft has been lying in a remote corner of the operational area of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) in Kolkata.
Patnaik has used a plane to save the former Indonesian Vice President MD Hatta and former Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir.
Biju was awarded the title of ‘Bhumi Putra’ by the Indonesian Government for his courage.
“In the last meeting, it was decided to shift Dakota’s plane to Bhubaneswar and display it in a prominent location near the airport in accordance with Biju.
During a shared visit in February this year by the state government and AAI officials to BPRANA BHubaneswar, a site that is 2.5 hectares are found suitable to position the Dakota aircraft, “read the State Trade Letter and Transportation of Madan Sudan Padhi for civilians.
Secretary of the Ministry of Pradeep Singh Kharola on July 8.
Padhi asked Kharola to impress the AAI headquarters in Delhi to publish NOC and give permission to position the Dakota aircraft on the selected site.
On December 13, 2017, AAI has written to the state government and remembers proposals to buy aircraft from Kolkata.
The state government wrote to AAI on January 22, 2020, expressed his will to bring the plane to Bhubaneswar and display it near the Biju statue at Bhubaneswar airport.
The state looks for nodding AAI to place Dakota Biju near Bhubaneswar airport
