Ram Mandir event: ‘100 chartered planes to land in Ayodhya on 22 January’, says Yogi Adityanath
Ayodhya airport on 22nd January to attend the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of the Ram Temple. This will also show us the path of checking the potential of the Ayodhya airport" the CM said. He further added, "I am grateful to PM Narendra Modi for giving the fourth international airport to Uttar Pradesh.
The Ayodhya airport was inaugurated on December 30th" the Uttar Pradesh CM added. Earlier on 30 December, PM Modi had inaugurated the newly built Ayodhya Airport. Later, speaking at a public event, he said Maharishi Valmiki's Ramayana is the path of knowledge that connects us to Shri Ram.
In the first phase, the airport can handle 10 lakh passengers annually and after the second phase, Maharishi Valmiki International Airport will cater to 60 lakh commuters annually. Phase 1 of the state-of-the-art airport is developed at a cost of more than ₹1,450 crore. The first tri-weekly flights between Ahmedabad and Ayodhya was virtually launched by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister VK Singh and other senior officials today.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath received the boarding pass for the first tri-weekly flights between Ahmedabad and Ayodhya. "PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Ayodhya Airport and Railway Station on December 30." Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. "We started the first flight between Ayodhya and Delhi on December 30th, operated by IndiGo and Air India Express.
Today we are going to connect Ayodhya with Ahmedabad." Union Civil Aviation Minister added. He also added that by next year, UP will have five more airports each in Azamgarh, Aligarh, Moradabad, Shravasti, and Chitrakoot. “Uttar Pradesh had only six airports in 2014, and now the state has 10
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