KOLKATA: Bengal chief secretary H K Dwivedi has asked the DM of South 24 Parganas, P Ulganathan, to finalize a plot of around 3,000 hectares in Bhangar for setting up the city's second airport to reduce congestion at Dum Dum.
The state officials said that for a long time, there had been a demand for a second airport close to the city and scouting for land is on for the project. Earlier, the officials had suggested Andal airport as the second airport of the state. But that idea was rejected since the travel time from the city to Andal is over three hours.
