Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Central government had approved around 900 new air routes under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme and of them 350 had already become operational while more than 50 new airports, or those which were not in service earlier, had become operational.
Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the Kushinagar International Airport and laying the foundation stones of 12 projects worth over Rs 345 crore, including a Rs 280 crore 500-bed new medical college in Kushinagar, on Wednesday, the prime minister said, “The Union government is also working on preparing more than 200 airports, heliports and water ports for seaplanes in the next four years.
