JHARSUGUDA AIRPORT

About:

• The Jharsuguda airport has been developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in collaboration with the Odisha government.
  
  
• The airport will come up under the government's UDAN scheme.
  
  
• Till now, Bhubaneswar was the only operational airport of Airport Authority of India (AAI) in Odisha. The Jharsuguda airport will be second operational AAI airport in the state.
  
  
• The new airport has been named after Veer Surendra Sai (1809 – 1884) – an Indian freedom fighter and tribal leader who fought against the British East India Company.