More Odisha routes in Udan

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Following is an excerpt from https://tathya.in/?p=5599 .

More Odisha Routes In UDAN 4.1
By Tathya Correspondent - March 14, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will be greatly benefitted with the proposed Special Bidding under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik(UDAN) as several Routes in the State have been proposed for the bidding in UDAN 4.1.

These routes are Bhubaneswar to Utkela, Utkela to Bhubaneswar, Utkela to Raipur, Raipur to Utkela, Jeypore to Vishakhapatnam, Vishakhapatnam to Jeypore, Bhubaneswar to Amarda Road, Amarda Roda to Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar to Rangeilunda, Rangeilunda to Bhubaneswar.
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In case of Odisha, the State Government has requested for Bhubaneswar-Amarda Road and Bhubaneswar-Rangeilunda, officials say.

So both are being included in the UDAN 4.1 Bidding, said a senior official.
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The Bid Document is uploaded on the Central Procurement portal of the National Informatics Centre inviting the bids from interested airlines.

The bidding process is expected to be completed by 6 weeks.

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Following is an excerpt from https://www.prameyanews.com/centre-to-in...an-scheme/ .

Bhubaneswar, Sept 9: To provide affordable, economically viable and profitable air travel on regional routes to the common man even in small towns, four more airstrips in Odisha will be included under Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) 5.0 scheme.

In Odisha, airstrips near tourist destinations, including Baripada, Konark, Hirakud and Malkangiri have been proposed to be developed as potential airports.

... Earlier, the airstrips at Jeypore in Koraput, Rourkela in Sundergarh and Utkela in Kalahandi were included under the scheme but yet to start the operation while two airports at Veer Surendra Sai Airport (VSSA) in Jharsuguda and Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar are operational now.