Rajkot, March 30 (TIWN) Rajkot in Gujarat is all set to get a new "greenfield" airport by August this year.

The new airport is being built on Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway in over 1,000 hectares of land at an estimated cost of Rs 1,405 crore.  Rajkot District Collector Arun Mahesh Babu told IANS that work on the new Greenfield airport at Hirasar is progressing at good pace and it will be inaugurated soon. "On the occasion of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav' we are planning to inaugurate the new airport in August subject to clearance from DGCA," Babu said.