The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that the state will soon have more than 20 operational airports, including five international airports. With so many airports, Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said in his speech, ‘Unprecedented work has been done in the field of civil aviation during the tenure of the Yogi government. Presently nine airports are functional in Uttar Pradesh. State and air service is available to 80 destinations.” He further said that three international airports are functional in the state and international airports at Jewar and Ayodhya are under construction. Khanna said, “International airports at Jewar and Ayodhya are under construction and will be completed soon Five international airports will be started in the state itself. The state government has decided to increase the number of runways at Jewar airport from two to five.”
The minister said that during the tenure of the Yogi government, the construction work of four airports has been completed so far and the construction work of six airports (Aligarh, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Shravasti, Chitrakoot and Sonbhadra) is nearing completion.
He said, “In the coming years, five international and 16 domestic airports, thus a total of 21 airports will be operational in the state. We believe that air travel should be accessible to the people of the state.”
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In the annual budget of the Yogi government for the financial year 2023-24, special attention has been paid to increasing rail and ropeway connectivity in the state. India’s first ropeway project for public transport in Varanasi has also been given priority in the Yogi government’s budget 2023-24, which includes a provision of more than 2500 crores for the development of metro rail service in four metropolitan cities of UP. ,
In the Yogi government’s budget 2023-24, emphasis has also been laid on the development of infrastructure facilities in all the development authorities of the state including Lucknow and urban areas.
Under this, a provision of Rs 150 crore is proposed to develop ropeway service in Varanasi and other cities. A budget provision of Rs 585 crore has been made for the Kanpur Metro Rail Project in the financial year 2023-24.
Apart from this, Rs 465 crore will be invested in the Agra Metro Rail Project. At the same time, an arrangement of Rs 100 crore has been made for the metro rail project in other cities including Varanasi, Gorakhpur. The Yogi government has proposed Rs 1306 crore for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor Regional Rapid Transit System Project in the financial year 2023-24.
Similarly, Rs 3000 crore has been allocated for the Chief Minister’s Urban Expansion and New City Promotion Scheme in this budget. Along with this, a provision of Rs 650.10 crore has been made in the budget for acquisition of land for the project related to renovation and interception, diversion and treatment of Godhoiya Nala and Ramgarh Tal located in Gorakhpur city.
With inputs from ANI