Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Sunday met PM Narendra Modi. He told the PTI that he briefed PM Modi about the development of Birsi airport and plans to restart passenger flight operations from December 1. Pics/Praful Patel/X
Updated On: 2023-11-05 05:53 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft made a brief touchdown at the new Birsi Airport in Gondia in Maharashtra on Sunday morning en route to Dongargarh in poll-bound Chhattisgarh
PM Modi landed at Birsi airport at 9:15 am on Sunday
PM Modi left in a helicopter for Dongargarh, a popular pilgrimage spot, in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandagon district
PM Modi later met Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandagon district
The PM also offered prayers at Maa Bamleshwari Temple, located on the foot of a hill in Dongargarh in the poll-bound state
IndiGo is scheduled to launch its daily service from Gondia to Hyderabad from December 1, an AAI official had earlier said
Daily flights on the Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route were flagged off on March 13 as part of the Centre's UDAN scheme
