"There are some families who own a part of the land required for installing the ILS. They have agreed to accept the compensation from north Bengal development department against the land they own. We would hand over the land to the Airports Authority of India and hope the ILS would be operational at the airport soon. In total, 24.16 acres of land are required for the ILS and of them, 9.97 acres are with the IAF. "However, the problem was with these five families who were not ready to accept the compensation offered by the state government.

Source: The Telegraph September 05, 2016 21:45 UTC