PM Modi inaugurated Shivamogga airport in Karnataka, said- those wearing slippers should also fly by aeroplane.
PM Modi inaugurates Shivamogga Airport: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka on Monday.
PM Modi inaugurates Shivamogga Airport: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated Shivamogga Airport in the election state of Karnataka. He said that the double engine government of the BJP in the state and the center is developing rapidly. Highlighting the rapidly growing aviation industry in India, PM Modi said on Monday that ordinary citizens wearing hawai chappals should be able to travel by aeroplane, and I see this becoming possible.
Made in India aircraft will come to the country
Prime Minister Modi said in a public meeting after inaugurating the Shivamogga airport that India would need thousands of aircraft in the coming days. Soon passenger aircraft made in India will be available. Taking a dig at the Congress, Modi said that before 2014, Air India was often in the news for negative reasons and was known for scams during the Congress rule.
Shivamogga Airport
B. S. inaugurated on Yeddyurappa's 80th birthday
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development projects worth more than Rs 3600 crore. The airport was inaugurated coincidentally by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart in Karnataka and four-time Chief Minister B. S. Done on the occasion of Yeddyurappa's 80th birthday. Yeddyurappa comes from Shivamogga district.
At the Shivamogga public meeting, people were asked to switch on the 'flashlight' of their mobile phones to mark Yeddyurappa's birthday. He said that Karnataka has made up its mind to give repeated chances to the 'double engine' government. This is Modi's fifth visit to the state this year, where assembly elections are due in May. The new airport has been built at a cost of about Rs 450 crore.
Foundation stone laid for schemes worth ₹3600 crore
The passenger terminal building of the airport can handle 300 passengers per hour. Officials said that the airport is expected to improve connectivity and accessibility to Shivamogga and other neighboring areas. In total, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth more than Rs 3,600 crore here.
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Yeddyurappa were also present on this occasion. Modi said that unlike the previous governments, the current government's emphasis is on setting up airports in small towns as well. Till the year 2014 i.e. after independence, there were only 74 airports in the country, but in the last nine years, 74 new airports have been built.
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