Pokhara International Airport

Japanese had made a feasibility study of International airport in Pokhara and had given a green light to it. The government had taken 3,106 ropani of land more than 32 years ago to build an international airport in Pokhara. After that every politician left no space to show the dream of International Airport in Pokhara for Pokharelis but this dream was never turned into a reality. They always took this issue as a mean to bring smiles in the citizens of Pokhara. Now after all these years the dream has found a way but still there is lots of doubt in its completion.
The main block of the international airport was dispute in the royalty fee of 58 ropani of land. Now the government has given royalty to these owners and the land is free from any dispute. The dispute could have been solved with a 15 lakh rupees in past which now took 15 crore rupees. This is a perfect example that our government never does right things on right time. Anyway now the government has opened the door for foreign investor by removing this hurdle. Tourism entrepreneurs and journalist believe that the main reason for the delay in the construction of International Airport in Pokhara is due to the conservative mentality of the people living in Kathmandu. According to them, people in Kathmandu fear that tourist will directly come to Pokhara in case of international airport in Pokhara, which will run down their business. The other reason is that they love to centralize everything within Katmandu so they have bribed the politicians to run policies and decision in their favor.
Now the public of Pokhara has become very aware of the benefits that the international airport will bring to their locality. So they have left no stone unturned to make their voices loud and clear demands for international airport in Pokhara. Let us see what future holds for Pokhara.