Biju Patnaik's Dakota aircraft to be transported to Odisha soon from Kolkata

The Odisha government is set to bring to the state the iconic Dakota aircraft of former chief minister Biju Patnaik from Kolkata, with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) having agreed to hand over 1.1 acre land on the premises of the airport here for the purpose. Efforts to transport the aircraft to Odisha were made in the last two years, too, and tender was also floated for the initiative, but the Covid-19 pandemic stalled the plan, a senior official said.