Guwahati city airport handles 1000 M T of domestic cargo

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The domestic cargo terminal of Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport handled a total of 1000 metric tonnes of inbound and outbound cargo in the last three months alone. This number included 146 tons in the month of June, 411 tons in July and 426 tons in the month of August.

The terminal is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities like handling of general and valuable cargo facility, DGR handling, temperature-sensitive cargo handling infrastructure for perishable goods, live-saving drugs, human remains, postal mails, couriers and other commodities from Assam and the North East to various parts of the country. The cargo terminal is currently 550 square meters in area and a new plan is being initiated to build an international cargo terminal building in the near future. In this regard, the Chief Airport Officer said - “Assam and the Northeast have a very big untapped potential of perishable air cargo. Besides rice, tea and orchids, the region has several unique products that have appeal in the global market. Bhut Jolokia, pineapple, ginger, Kazi Nemu, other daily used vegetables are some of the agricultural products this region may feed to a global community ranging from Dubai to Singapore. We are creating the infrastructure such that pluck to the pan is within 24 hours. Holding hands with the Government of Assam we are creating a cargo market that may bring economic prosperity to the grassroots level of citizens residing in this region. “

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