Nitish requests Centre to begin night ops at Darbhanga airport

Patna, Dec 23 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has appealed to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to enable night operations at the newly-opened Darbhanga airport.
Darbhanga airport, which began operations on November 8, does not have facilities for night landing and take-off.
In a letter to Puri, a copy of which is with IANS, Nitish Kumar said that the deficiency bars operations at night as well as during fog in the winter season.
“This problem needs to be addressed on a priority basis by installation of necessary equipment at the airport,” he wrote.
Due to low visibility in winter, many flights are either delayed or cancelled or diverted to Patna airport, and many passengers claim that they are not informed in advance.
Ramesh Jha, a resident of adjoining Madhubani district, was one such sufferer.