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Paradip Port Trust (PPT) will partner oil monolith Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to build a small airport. The airport is proposed to come within the port premises outside of the harbour area.
The airport will serve a dual purpose. Apart from normal commercial operations, it will double up for disaster management operations. Odisha's coastline has been vulnerable to tropical cyclonic storms. The state's southern coast was battered by two back to back very severe cyclonic storms- Phailin and Hud Hud in 2013 and 2014 respectively, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Back in October 1999, the region around Paradeep was
