Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha and local MP Capt Amarinder Singh today said, while he welcomed the building and developing of more airports in the state, but this must not be done at the cost of existing ones.Capt Amarinder was here to preside over a meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee at Amritsar Airport.Later talking to reporters he said, no doubt the facilities at the Amritsar Airport had improved during the last ten years, but what matters the most is the operating of more flights particularly to the foreign countries.Capt Amarinder said, he was very much in favour of building and developing airports at other places like Mohali and Chandigarh, but that must not be at the cost of the existing airports like the one at Amritsar.
He said, when he was the Chief Minister, he had facilitated the operation of international flights from Amritsar Airport. However, he regretted that later these flights were taken off.The Amritsar MP said, he will soon be meeting the union Civil Aviation Minister and will bring to his notice the problems at the Amritsar Airport and seek remedial measures. He said, his priority will be to ensure operation of more international flights from here particularly to the countries like the UK and Canada.A delegation of taxi operators also met him and urged him that the staying time for the taxis be increased from five minutes to ten minutes.