New Delhi: 16 new airports will be built in five states of central India, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today. These States are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
Scindia said an airport will be built at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. Airports will also be built in Ambikapur, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. Nine airports will be built in Uttar Pradesh, one in Rajasthan and two in Maharashtra.
The Minister was addressing the PM-Gati Shakti Conference(Virtual) for the Central Zone today. He said that the success of PM-Gati Shakti will catalyse the multi-model connectivity in the country, leading to realise the vision of $5 trillion economy. He said that many countries of the world including Southeast Asian countries focused on investment in infrastructure sector in the last 70 years and all of them became developed countries now. “…PM- Gati Shakti is a great initiative to make India a superpower of the world, with the prowess of best infrastructure,” he said.
He pointed out that while only 74 airports were built in the last 70 years, now 66 more Airport have become functional in last 7 years and India has total 140 Airports as on date.
– global bihari bureau
