Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M Scindia has appreciated the progress of development of airports in Uttar Pradesh and said that the government plans to set up 17 new airports in the near future.
Speaking in Kushinagar, Scindia said, “Under Prime Minister’s vision and guidance, we have successfully set up the Kushinagar International airport. This is the ninth airport in Uttar Pradesh and the government plans to set up 17 more airports in the state in the near future.”
“In the first 70 years of India’s independence, only 74 airports were there in the country. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guidance, the government has successfully inaugurated 54 airports in the last seven years of his governance in the country. With this, 128 airports have been set up in the country,” he added.
