PM Modi to inaugurate Kushinagar International Airport and other projects in UP tomorrow
Kanpur: The Prime Minister Office informed that PM Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to inaugurate the Kushinagar international airport. “The Prime Minister will also participate in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at Mahaparinirvana Temple,” said the PMO.
Later in the day, PM Modi will attend a public function to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Kushinagar. Tourism inflow is expected to rise by up to 20 percent with the inauguration of the flight.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has developed the Kushinagar airport with a new terminal building spread across 3600sqm, at an estimated cost of ₹260 crores in association with the government of Uttar Pradesh considering the demand of the domestic and international visitors and pilgrimage.
According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the inauguration will be marked by the landing of an inaugural flight at the airport from Colombo carrying a Sri Lankan delegation of over 100 Buddhist monks and dignitaries, including a 12-member holy relic entourage.
The international airport will get operational this week to ease cumbersome travel of earlier times and facilitate the air travel requirements of international Buddhist pilgrims in India, said the PMO.
As per the information, Kushinagar is the place where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana. It is an international Buddhist pilgrimage center, the center point of the Buddhist circuit, which consists of other sites at Lumbini, Sarnath, and Gaya.
Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel, chief minister Yogi Adityanath, and Union minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia will also be present at the inauguration ceremony among others.
(_Vinayak Barot)
