PM Modi inaugurated the Navi Mumbai airport this afternoon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the state-of-the-art Navi Mumbai International Airport this afternoon. The airport is expected to boost trade and tourism for Mumbai, Pune and the Konkan area.
Here are the top 10 points from this big story:
- Prime Minister Modi was given a walkthrough of the airport before he inaugurated it. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani were present on the occasion.
- The Prime Minister said the inauguration of the airport has ended Mumbai's long wait. He also said the Viksit Bharat vision envisages 'gati aur pragati' (speed and progress).
- India had only 74 airports in 2014, but now it has 160, the Prime Minister said. "Due to UDAN Yojana, lakhs of people have taken to the skies for the first time in the past decade, fulfilling their dreams," he added.
- "The wait is finally over," said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a post on X. "This airport is set to redefine air travel, boost Maharashtra's growth, and connect India to the world like never before," he added.
- Built for Rs 19,650 crore, the airport is initially expected to handle 2 crore passengers a year. It will not only facilitate seamless travel but also provide direct access to global markets for industries in Pune.
- The airport is built under a Public-Private Partnership between Mumbai International Airport Ltd (a subsidiary of Adani Airports Holdings Ltd), and CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd).
- Ahead of the inauguration, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani praised the collective efforts behind the project. Responding to a post on X by Jeet Adani, Director of Airports at the Adani Group and his youngest son, Gautam Adani wrote, "To every hand that worked and every heart that cared, this is your creation".
- The country's largest Greenfield airport project with a 3,700-metre runway, it would work with Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
- The second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region would ease congestion and elevate Mumbai into the league of cities with multi-airport systems like London, Tokyo and New York.
- Airlines such as IndiGo, Akasa Air, and Air India Express have already announced plans to begin operations at the new airport, with initial flights connecting various domestic cities. Once completed, the airport will serve 90 million passengers and manage over 3.2 million metric tonnes of cargo a year.
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