With an aim to connect Uttar Pradesh with fra flung region like Andeman Nicobar Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start air service between Varanasi and Port Blair and also allow stoppage of Delhi-Kolkata flights in Varanasi.
In his letter to PM Chief Minister said that if UP gets a air link with Andeman Nicobar it will increase traffic flow from Port Blair to UP. “Over 35,000 people from UP live in Andeman and Nicobar. They are facing problems because of non-availability of air service from there to UP. The air link between Port Blair and Varansi will solve this problem to an extent,” he said in his letter which was made public here on Sunday.
He has also attached a letter of Samajwadi party state president in Andeman and Nicobar S.P Shukla with his letter.
“Varanasi has an international airport where international tourists come. A direct from Port Blair will further increase the tourist flow,” he said.
Chief Minister also requested PM to include stoppage of New Delhi bound flights from Kolkata (West Bengal) at the Babtpur airport of Varanasi. This air service would benefit the tourists and residents alike.