Arunachal CM satisfied with progress of Hollongi airport work

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the progress of construction work of a greenfield airport at Hollongi near here, despite challenges arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Khandu who visited the site of the ambitious project, 15 km from here, told reporters that work on 1,500 metres of the 2,300 metre-long runway has been completed.

Earlier the completion target of the project, the foundation of which was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was November 2022 which has been changed to August 2022.