Social impact survey for Gaggal airport expansion

March 4, 2023

The state government has asked an NGO to conduct a social impact survey of the project for the expansion of the Gaggal airport in Kangra.
NGO members, while conducting the survey, faced resistance from people of Gaggal, whose land will be acquired for airport expansion.
- A social impact survey is a pre-condition before the process of land acquisition is started. In the survey, an independent agency hired by the government would solicit the views of the affected people.
The Gaggal airport is proposed to be expanded in two phases. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to expand the airport from the current length of 1,372 metres to 1,900 metres in the first phase. In the second phase, its length was proposed to be increased from 1,900 metres to 3,110 metres.
The airport expansion is a major demand of the tourism industry.