DARBHANGA, May 14 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said that the state government's efforts to secure international airport status for Darbhanga airport would be realised, while announcing that the new terminal building proposed to be inaugurated by the end of this year may be named after Mithila's iconic poet Vidyapati.

The announcement was made during a ceremonial event organised to formally hand over the security responsibility of Darbhanga airport to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

The chief minister inaugurated the programme by lighting the ceremonial lamp and formally transferred the airport's security command to CISF director general Praveer Ranjan by presenting the CISF flag and a symbolic key....