Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the new terminal of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport in Agartala on January 4, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Saturday.
Addressing a gathering at a church in Mariamnagar in West Tripura on the occasion of Christmas, the CM said Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiradiya Scindia will also be accompanying the Prime Minister.
Tripura airport is the second-busiest one in North East India after Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati. The airport was established as a military airstrip in 1942, the land for which was gifted by the king of Tripura Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur. The airport was renamed after him in July 2018.
