Haryana will become the First State in the Country to Provide Helipad Facility in Every District in case of Emergency

• 31 Oct 2022

Why In News?

• On October 29, 2022, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala informed in a meeting with officials of the Civil Aviation Department that Haryana will become the first state in the country to build helipads in every district to provide helicopter landing facility in future war and emergency situations.

Key Points

• Dushyant Chautala said that with the development of such infrastructure in the state, helicopters can be landed in war and emergency situations and due to the construction of helipads in police lines in view of security, full arrangements will also be made for the security of these helipads.
• Complete arrangements will also be made to ensure that there is no problem in landing at night at these helipads. He directed to expedite the possibility of setting up a helipad in the district police lines for landing facility.
• It is known that in the recent Civil Aviation Ministers' Conference, the need to build a helipad in every district of the country to deal with emergencies was emphasized. In this direction, the Haryana government had expressed its desire to take the initiative first.
• Dushyant Chautala said that the Haryana government has always been at the forefront of implementing the schemes and concepts started by the Central Government in the state. Instructions have been given to the Home Department and the Director General of Police to develop infrastructure for setting up helipads in every district.
• The Deputy Chief Minister said that an institute will be set up in Haryana to impart airport security training. He directed the officials to identify places in Hisar, Sirsa and Pinjore for this, so that the youth of the state as well as the youth of other states would also be able to get training from this institute. With the formation of this institute, Haryana will be further strengthened in the aviation sector.
• Dushyant Chautala said that under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), an action plan is being prepared to tie up with 7 other states for identification of new route from Hisar from April 2023 to strengthen air connectivity. With the success of this action plan, the citizens of the state will get extensive facility to travel by air.