Tribune News Service
Mandi, July 17
The light detection and ranging (LIDAR) survey for airport construction was conducted for the proposed airport in Mandi district by Wapcos Company today.
Pankaj Kumar Dubey, project manager of Wapcos Limited Himachal Pradesh, said two sorties were conducted by the team to collect the data to ascertain the feasibility of the actual length of the runway.
The project manager said, however, the survey was hampered by bad weather in the afternoon. Now, the survey would be completed tomorrow.
He said the collected data of the survey would be compiled in a computer soon to be handed over to the government for the next course of action.
The survey team had used an Eurocopter AS 350B3 type aircraft with the mounted LIDAR equipment.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur is keen to construct an airport in Mandi district for the civil and defence purpose.
Different surveys are being conducted to execute the project in the Balh valley to find out the exact details about the feasibility of the construction of the airport.
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