Review Of Civil Aviation Projects: Varanasi airport to go paperless by year-end

VARANASI AIRPORT, in the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will by the year-end be among the first few airports run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to start paperless entry of passengers using facial recognition security system.

This was communicated by officials during a virtual review meeting of civil aviation projects in Uttar Pradesh by Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. As part of the Centre’s Digi Yatra scheme, Varanasi was among the four airports chosen for paperless entry through facial recognition.

The meeting was mainly for development of infrastructure facilities for three airports in the state – Ayodhya, Chitrakoot and Myorpur in Sonebhadra district.