Assam plans to built heliport and convention center to boost tourism

Monday, February 19, 2018

To promote the travel and tourism in the northeast, the Assam government is planning to make the good connectivity with all other places in India and for this the government is planning to construct a heliport near the famous Kaziranga National Park.

During a function held today to distribute sophisticated arms to forest personnel at Kaziranga National Park, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed three of his cabinet ministers to explore for land to build the proposed heliport near the national park known for housing one-horned rhinos.

A heliport is an area used for landing and takes off of tourists’ helicopters that includes buildings and facilities and typically contain one or more touchdown and lift off areas with limited facilities such as fuel or hangars.

The Chief Ministers Office, Sarbananda Sonowal also directed Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma to take action for setting up an international standard convention centre at Kaziranga at an early date.

During the function, Sarbananda Sonowal distributed 272 INSAS rifles, 954 SLRs, 133 units of 12 Bore Pump Action Guns, 20 pieces of 9mm pistols and 91 Ghatak rifles among frontline forest personnel of the state, the release said.

The state government had made a provision of Rs 10 crore in the 2016-17 state budget for purchase of modern arms for forest department.

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