Jamshedpur: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has made a fresh bid to revive the Dhalbhumgarh airport project. Held up for six years following the laying of the foundation stone in 2019, the greenfield project is set to get the much-needed momentum.The Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials carried out a survey of the site on Saturday and held discussions with the deputy commissioner (DC) Karn Satyarthi on Sunday to get aware of the present status of the proposed airport.“State forest department is through with the marking of the trees that are to be relocated from the proposed airport site,” said the deputy general manager (DGM) of Air Traffic Management (ATM), Airports Authority of India (AAI), Ajay Kumar, who led the five-member delegation of the technical experts of AAI.The official said that as soon as the transplantation of the trees is done, the work on infrastructure will commence. Further, DGM said that negotiations with the landowners are underway to convince them to part with their land.“Forest clearance and reyati land were the obstacles. With the marking of the trees, we have moved a step ahead,” said Ajay Kumar, who is also safety investigation coordinator (SIC) of AAI, stationed at Birsa Munda Airport.The DGM said that district administration has agreed to appoint the SDO (Ghatsila) as nodal officer to oversee the affairs pertaining to the progress of the airport work. The official said that AAI conducted the assessment of the proposed airport on the directions of the DGCA.“We will send the assessment report to AAI headquarters on April 24,” Kumar said.A forest official of the Jamshedpur division said that the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sought a six-point query pertaining to the transplantation of the trees for the construction of the airport.“We have replied to the queries, a file is pending with the ministry,” said the forester without disclosing the details.Situated 70 km from the Steel City, the proposed airport is coming up on an abandoned airfield of World War II. Spread over an area of 240 acres, the airport features a 2,179-metre-long runway, with plans to expand it to 4,400 metres to meet the future requirement.About nine acres of land belonging to people will be struck off from the proposed plan if the landowners refuse to part with the land, in any condition, AAI sources said.An amount of Rs 100 crore was allocated by the Raghubar Das govt for the construction of the airport at the time when the foundation stone was laid in 2019.According to the plan, a terminal with six check-in counters would come up on a 15,000-square-foot area, while the airport will have the facility to park two ATR 72 aeroplanes at any given time.