Aaditya Thackeray has penned a letter to the newly appointed Civil Aviation Minister, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, urging him to reconsider the proposal for establishing an airport in the Palghar Strip. The proposed airport is intended to enhance the air travel infrastructure within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Meanwhile, experts have weighed the proposal stating that it will help alleviate the air traffic congestion further at Mumbai airport.

In his letter, Thackeray highlighted the growing need for improved air travel facilities in Mumbai, one of India`s busiest and most densely populated metropolitan areas. He wrote, “We had also begun work to initiate an airport in Palghar district, that could be a third airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), thereby supporting the region and west coast of India, in passenger and cargo traffic. This proposal too, despite repeated requests, were ignored by the BJP.”