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The Rajasthan government has planned to set up two new airports in the state and upgrade two existing ones to boost tourism. The two new domestic airports have been planned in Kota and Kishangarh near Ajmer, while Jaipur and Udaipur airports are likely to be granted the international status in 2006. A cabinet memo has been finalised and is scheduled to come up in the next cabinet meeting expected to be held in the new week, official sources told IANS. The union government has already granted its approval for developing the existing Kishangarh strip into a domestic airport and to establish another airport in Kota for which state government has already identified and acquired land, the sources said. Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials would visit both places for a preliminary inspection of the proposed sites. The proposed airports are expected to boost the tourism sector in the state. Kishangarh is about 25 km from the pilgrimage town of Ajmer, where the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti and the world's only temple dedicated to Hindu god Brahma attract a large number of devotees. Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel is expected to visit the lake city of Udaipur to launch the airport expansion project. In a bid to facilitate and attract more tourists to the state, the government has also decided to launch a meter gauge heritage train on the lines of Palace on Wheels. Tourism department officials were negotiating with the ministry of railways issues related to profit sharing, operation and management of the project, which is to be launched in January, sources said. (IANS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------