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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) inaugurated chopper services from Shimla’s Sanjauli heliport, launching regular flights to Bhuntar Airport successful Kullu and Reckong Peo, on with thrice play connections to Chandigarh, successful a determination aimed astatine boosting aerial connectivity and tourism successful the elevation State.
The Chief Minister said the Congress authorities was focused connected gathering indispensable infrastructure for residents and tourists, portion accusing the erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities of wasting astir ₹1,000 crore connected buildings that stay unutilised and vacant.
He said the instauration chromatic of the Sanjauli heliport was laid connected September 13, 2017, during the tenure of the Congress government. “The heliport has been constructed astatine a outgo of astir ₹15.86 crore. Although it was inaugurated connected January 12, 2022, operations could not statesman earlier owed to the lack of clearance from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Owing to the persistent efforts of the contiguous State government, support to run flights was yet granted connected August 7, 2025. Prior to this, the DGCA and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security conducted respective inspections, and each security-related observations were duly addressed by the State government,” helium said.
Expressing anticipation that the services would payment stakeholders successful the tourism sector, Mr. Sukhu said they would besides beryllium utile during aesculapian emergencies.
“The Sanjauli heliport is located adjacent to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla, which would marque it highly utile during aesculapian emergencies. We are making continuous efforts to beforehand tourism, arsenic Himachal Pradesh is renowned globally arsenic a large tourer destination. The instauration of chopper services volition not lone amended entree to cardinal tourer destinations but volition besides fortify the wide aerial connectivity web successful the State,” helium said.
