The Bagdogra airport in Siliguri is eagerly
waiting to welcome Prime Minster Dr Manmohan Singh tomorrow,
who is scheduled to break journey here on his way back to
New Delhi from Bhutan. This is the first occasion when the
PM Dr Singh would step in at the airport.
Dr Singh, who embarked on a two-day tour of Bhutan this morning,
would leave the Druk nation at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. The chartered
aircraft, carrying the PM, his officials and a 25-member media
team, would land at Bagdogra at 4.05 p.m. for refueling. West
Bengal chief secretary Mr Amit Kiran Deb would receive the
Prime Minister at the airport, Mr Rajesh Pandey, Darjeeling
DM said.
The Bagdogra airport authorities have changed the schedule
of two SpiceJet passenger aircraft tomorrow in view of the
PM’s visit. Restrictions have been imposed on the movement
of vehicles within the airport campus for the day.
According to the Bagdogra airport director, Mr KK Bhowmick,
the timing of SpiceJet flight number 881 between Delhi-Guwahati-Bagdogra-Delhi
has been advanced by an hour. Tomorrow, the flight would land
at Bagdogra airport at 2.25 p.m. and take off for Delhi at
2.55 p.m. instead of its original schedule.
Again, the SpiceJet flight number 324 between Kolkata-Bagdogra-Kolkata
has been postponed by over an hour. As per the changed schedule,
instead of the original time at 3.35 p.m., tomorrow the flight
would land at Bagdogra at 5.05 p.m. and it would depart for
Kolkata at 5.35 p.m. in place of 4.15 p.m., which is the original
schedule.
“No vehicle would be allowed to go beyond the parking
lot and the passengers would have to walk their way into the
terminal building from the parking gate, which is hardly a
50-metre distance,” the airport director said.
Courtesy: The Statesman |
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