The Central government has sanctioned Rs 48 crores for Jagdalpur, Rs 27 crores for Ambikapur and Rs 33 crores for Bilaspur under the UDAN scheme to upgrade and develop three airports in Chhattisgarh, Minister of State for Civil Aviaton Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday.
He was speaking at the inauguration of flight operations by Alliance Air from Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Hyderabad (Telangana) under UDAN scheme on Monday.
Puri said this air connectivity will fulfil the aspirations of people of the region and provide impetus to the local economy.
He said the Airports Authority of India has planned to invest about Rs 900 crores to develop and expand the Raipur airport including the terminal building.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation had approved the bid of Alliance Air to operate RCS Flight from Bilaspur to Bhopal under UDAN 4.0 which is expected to commence shortly.
With the start of the Jagdalpur-Raipur-Hyderabad route, the Civil Aviation Ministry has operationalized a total of 285 routes under RCS-UDAN.