India intends to build a new airport at Minicoy Island that can handle both military and private aircraft. India will have a powerful military capability and will be able to manage the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean Region thanks to the Joint Use Defense Aviation Area. The first agency in the Ministry of Defense to propose an airstrip at Minicoy Island was the Indian Coast Guard.
India plans to build a new airport there in Minicoy Islands that can handle military and commercial aircraft, including fighter jets, besides promoting Lakshadweep Island for tourists, sources in the government told ANI.
They said that the plan to establish a joint defense airfield had recently been renewed and was being actively pursued, although the government had earlier made proposals to establish this new airfield at Minicoy The islands of.
The project by the Indian government to build a new airport at Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep is moving forward. Both military and private aircraft would be able to land at the proposed airport.
Government sources told India Today that the plan calls for the construction of a dual-purpose airstrip that could be used by fighter jets, other military aircraft, and commercial aircraft. The government had already received plans for the construction of a new airfield on Minicoy Island. The now-revived proposal has been re-submitted to the government with the goal of shared use.
With the possibility of using the airport as a base for surveillance of the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean regions, it will give India a formidable military capability.
The first agency in the Ministry of Defense to propose an airstrip at Minicoy Island was the Indian Coast Guard. The Indian Air Force would take the lead in managing the operations
Currently, Agatti is home to the only airfield on the island, which may also restrict the kinds of aircraft that can use it. The idea to build a new airport and expand the current ones has recently come back into favor.
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the island territory last week, it has become a hot topic of conversation and interest.
Maldivian politicians belonging to the ruling party have been tweeting against India and trying to criticize plans by the Indians to market Lakshadweep as a tourism destination.
