NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off a industrial flight from Hisar to Ayodhya and laid the muse stone for a brand new terminal constructing at Maharaja Agrasen Airport.

The terminal, to be constructed at an estimated price of over Rs 410 crore, is a part of Modi’s imaginative and prescient to make air journey safer, extra reasonably priced, and accessible to all.
Addressing a public occasion in Haryana’s Hisar, Modi stated, “Earlier than 2014, there have been 74 airports within the nation, however at present there are over 150 airports. Think about 74 airports in 70 years? Yearly, there are file airline passengers within the nation. The airline corporations have positioned orders for 2000 new plane. On one the hand, our authorities is engaged on connectivity, and however, making certain the welfare of the poor and social justice.”
The upcoming terminal will function a contemporary passenger facility, a cargo terminal, and an air visitors management (ATC) constructing. The undertaking is anticipated to be accomplished inside two years.
The launch of the Hisar-Ayodhya flight marks a big step in boosting Haryana’s aviation connectivity. In keeping with an official assertion, scheduled flights will now function twice every week between Hisar and Ayodhya. Moreover, three weekly flights will join Hisar to Jammu, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Chandigarh.
PM Modi is visiting Haryana to unveil a number of improvement tasks price ₹10,000 crore, coinciding with the delivery anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar — a key architect of the Indian Structure and an emblem of Dalit empowerment.
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, together with a number of state ministers, attended the occasion.