New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has approved the construction of 21 greenfield airports in the country, President Ram Nath Kovind Said on Monday.
Among them, the country’s largest airport is coming up in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar district, he said while addressing a joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament at the start of the budget session.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh told Parliament in December 2021 that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has so far given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up 21 greenfield airports across the country. mopas (Goa), Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga in Karnataka.
Greenfield airport will also be built in Datia (Gwalior) of Madhya Pradesh. Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Oravackal in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, transgender in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh, Singh noted.
Kovind on Monday said: “A new airport is being set up at Hollongi, Itanagar. Recently a modern new terminal has been opened at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura. This development of the Northeast is a golden chapter for India. Will prove to be a story of growth.”
The President also said that a new era of development has begun in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region and the introduction of international flights on the Srinagar-Sharjah route is a part of it.
Among them, the country’s largest airport is coming up in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar district, he said while addressing a joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament at the start of the budget session.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh told Parliament in December 2021 that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has so far given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up 21 greenfield airports across the country. mopas (Goa), Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga in Karnataka.
Greenfield airport will also be built in Datia (Gwalior) of Madhya Pradesh. Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Oravackal in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, transgender in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh, Singh noted.
Kovind on Monday said: “A new airport is being set up at Hollongi, Itanagar. Recently a modern new terminal has been opened at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Tripura. This development of the Northeast is a golden chapter for India. Will prove to be a story of growth.”
The President also said that a new era of development has begun in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region and the introduction of international flights on the Srinagar-Sharjah route is a part of it.
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