New Delhi:
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.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.
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