Title: Need for construction of an airport at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh to boost trade and exports.
SHRI CHANDRA VIJAY SINGH (MORADABAD): Sir, if the Government is keen to earn more than the present Rs. 2,000 crore in foreign exchange annually, from Moradabad, it will need to make some prudent infrastructural investments.
An airport needs to be constructed to give wings to its soaring exports.
Further, National Highway No.24 needs to be upgraded into an Expressway or to be four-laned from Hapur to Moradabad. This will be commercially viable given the huge volume of traffic and will give trade and export in Moradabad the necessary fillip, as most prospective businessmen avoid the road because of the inherent danger it poses due to being narrow, overcrowded and pot-holed.