Tourists to Orissa take a 'circuitous' route

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Airlines has decided to reinstate flight on Delhi-Varanasi-Khajuraho route but has once again ignored Orissa’s long-standing demand to reconnect Varanasi with Bhubaneswar.
Flights on this sector would start operating from September 15 but the State Government is blissfully unaware that its tourism interest has been consigned to dustbin both by the carrier and the Ministry.
In mid-1990s, when Orissa was receiving foreign tourists numbering well over 35,000, I-A dealt a body blow to the State by withdrawing its most important flight on the Delhi-Varanasi-Bhubaneswar route.
With the latest decision of the carrier, any hope of regaining that advantage is almost gone, thanks to a non-responsive Ministry and an indifferent State Administration.
30/08/06 Newindpress

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