<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu said that Jabalpur will soon become one of the selected airports in the country with international standard and capable to fly international flights.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was addressing the ground breaking ceremony as well as unveiling of plaque for up-gradation Work at Dumna airport, Jabalpur at a cost of around Rs 432 crore.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, MP from Jabalpur and President of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Rakesh Singh and others dignitaries were present on this occasion.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that the up-gradation of Dumna Airport, Jabalpur comprises the construction of a new state-of-the-art Domestic Terminal building, new Air Traffic Control Tower cum Technical block and a Fire Station to meet the growing needs of the region.<br />''<br />''The new Domestic Passenger Terminal building will have an area of 9 thousand 350 Sq meters with a capacity to handle 500 peak hour passengers at a time. Construction of the new Domestic Terminal building, ATC tower and Fire Station will come up at a cost of 207 crore.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Extension of the runway will be done from the current 1 thousand 988 meters to 2 thousand 750 meters along with turn pad facilitating larger aircraft operations at Dumna Airport. This 206 crore runway development work will also include construction of Apron, Taxiway & Isolation bay.</span><br />'' <br />'' ''<h3 /><br />