Gorakhpur: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday announced that four flights will operate every week between Delhi and Kushinagar from November 26 and so on.
More flights, connecting other purposes will also take this route in the near future because the government plans to establish 17 new airports in the state in the near future.
Speaking at the first ceremony of Kushinagar International Airport, he said that direct flights to Mumbai from Kushinaag would start from December 18 while flights to Kolkata would also start from this ‘Tathagat’ land.
“Kushinagar will be connected directly to the country’s political and economic capital,” he added.
While praising the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this direction, he said that ‘Modi Hain To Mumkin Hai’ (with Modi, it was possible).
“During the last 79 years, it was impossible to make Kushinagar airport but PM Modi’s leadership allowed it.
In 1942 during the Second World War, the flying foundation had been built but still ignored for years.
However, the airport became ready in just two years with RS 260 Crore , “he said.
The minister said that 17 new airports will be built in the state.
He said, “For 70 years only 74 airports were built.
But, only in the last seven years, 54 new airports were built and there were 128 airports in the country.” Said Gautam Buddha, the minister said, “Kushinagar International Airport will connect eight important places Related to the Buddha Lord all over the world.
This will prove to be a medium to fulfill the spiritual purpose of followers of Lord Buddha.
India always follows the Lord Buddha road.
“He also greeted the people on the day of Abhidhamma and Valmiki’s warning.