After announcement of flights from Jabalpur to Mumbai, there is now a growing demand for air services to Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai. Meanwhile, Vayu Seva Sangharsh Samiti is also making preparations for ‘No Flying Day’ on June 6. Senior office-bearers of the Samiti said it is not just Jabalpur but entire Mahakoshal region’s youth require air services to these major cities because IT and engineering sectors predominantly attract youth towards these three cities. Absence of direct air services has caused significant inconvenience for them. Himanshu Khare, Coordinator of the Samiti, said there is lack of direct rail services from Jabalpur to Pune and train travel to Bengaluru and Chennai consumes a significant amount of time. Moreover, getting confirmed reservations on trains is also quite challenging. Therefore, youth of Jabalpur strongly believe that direct air services should be initiated for these three cities as well.

 

Likewise, Geeta Sharat Tiwari, Dr P G Najpande and Himanshu Rai stated that Jabalpur’s youth mainly travel to Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai for higher education. Due to unavailability of direct air services, parents also face great difficulty in visiting their children. Similarly, Dr Rajesh Dhirawani, Shankar Nagdev, Anoop Agrawal and Jitendra Pachori mentioned that companies from outside are unable to conduct campus placements at Jabalpur’s colleges. Apart from that youth of Jabalpur are struggling to find good job opportunities. They said major multinational companies conduct campus placements in cities that have direct air services and unfortunately, Jabalpur is deprived of the facility.