PM Modi inaugurates airport in Shimoga, lays foundation stone for Rs.3,600 crore projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Shivamogga airport during his visit to the state today. Also PM Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicate several infrastructural projects to the nation.

India’s air connectivity will get another boost with the inauguration of the Shivamogga airport. With the opening of this airport, the people living in the neighboring Malnad region will get direct accessibility. The airport is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to improve air connectivity all across the country.

The newly built airport has been developed at a cost of about Rs 450 crore. The Passenger Terminal Building of the airport can handle 7,200 Passengers on a daily basis.

Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the new airport at Shivamogga, on February 27, PM Modi said that, for the first 70 years of India’s independence, only bigger cities witnessed development. Those in the government then never thought of airports in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. “From independence to 2014, there were only 74 airports in the country while 74 new airports have been added in the last nine years under the BJP’s rule,” he said.

In his speech, appreciating the nature, culture and agricultural patterns in Shivamogga district, PM Modi referred to Jnanapeeth awardee Kuvempu and his State anthem. Also PM Modi referred to Mattur, a village near Shivamogga, as the only village with Sanskrit-speaking people; the Chowdeshwari temple at Sigandur in Sagar taluk, Esur in Shikaripur taluk, known for the sacrifice of its people during the freedom struggle, Agumbe in Thirthahalli taluk, popular for its sunset spot.

In Shivamogga, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of several developmental projects worth more than Rs 3,600 crore.

He said the government had taken up projects to improve railway and road connectivity in the district. Besides that, emphasis had been placed on providing rural people with piped drinking water.