Guwahati, July 23 -- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has sought faster approval from the Centre for several pending civil aviation projects, including the expansion of Shillong Airport at Umroi, the takeover of Baljek Airport in Tura, additional heliports and a proposed water aerodrome at Umiam Lake.

The requests were placed before Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu during a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. Sangma told the minister that the state government had completed all responsibilities assigned to it and was now awaiting the Centre's approvals.

Calling the Umroi Airport expansion the state's highest aviation priority, Sangma said the required 22 acres of land has already been handed over to the Airpor...