A new airport complex at Bamrauli Airport in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh was inaugurated on Monday by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The inauguration took place in the august presence of Ram Naik, Governor of Uttar Pradesh; Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation; Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Sidharth Nath Singh, Minister of Medical & Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Nand Gopal Gupta “Nandi”, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Shyama Charan Gupta, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha). In his address, PM applauded the efforts made by Airports Authority of India to complete the project of New Airport Complex in record 11 months and congratulated Shri. Suresh Prabhu Minister of Civil Aviation and team of AAI.
Airports Authority of India, under the supervision of the Ministry of Civil Aviation is committed to provide air connectivity and develop and upgrade airport infrastructure across the country. Due to the proactive measures being undertaken by the government, Indiais already one of the fastest growing civil aviation markets in the world.
The New Airport Complex of BamrauliAirport has been developed by the Airports Authority of India, at a cost of Rs 164Crores. Bamrauli Airport belongs to the Indian Air Force and AAI maintains a Civil Enclave there. The previous Civil Enclave had an area of 0.8 acres with constrained operations through a small Terminal Building. There was no scope for expansion of the terminal building at the present location. Hence, a New Airport Complex withmodern terminal building has been constructed. Government of Uttar Pradesh hasacquired and handed over 50 acres of land to the Airports Authority of India for development of the New Airport Complex.