Ayodhya Airport: PM To Inaugurate Maharishi Valmiki Airport Tomorrow | 5 Facts

(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Ayodhya Airport in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The new airport in Ayodhya has been named after sage poet Maharishi Valmiki. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that PM Modi resolved to build modern airports and railway stations. Maharishi Valmiki is credited for writing the epic Ramayana are five facts about the new Ayodhya airport:The new Shri Ram International Airport is located about 15 km from the main Ayodhya city town Ayodhya under tight security ahead of PM Modi's visitThe airport's terminal building will have an area of 6500 sq m, equipped to serve about 10 lakh passengers annually terminal building of Ayodhya Airport is equipped with various sustainability features, like an insulated roofing system, LED lighting, rainwater harvesting, landscaping with fountains, a water treatment plant, a sewage treatment plant, a solar power plant, and many other such features that have been provided to meet GRIHA 5-star ratings Amrit Bharat Express inauguration in Ayodhya. 5 things we know so farThe Ayodhya airport has an extended runway suitable for A-321/B-737 type aircraft operations is likely to operate the inaugural flight from Delhi Airport to Ayodhya airport and the commercial services will commence from 6 January: Ram Lalla's idol to be chosen today ahead of temple consecrationApart from the Ayodhya airport, PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of a greenfield township in Ayodhya being developed at a cost of more than ₹2180 crore. PM Modi will also flag off two new Amrit Bharat trains (Darbhanga-Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express and Malda Town-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru) Amrit Bharat Express) and six new Vande Bharat trains Modi to launch projects in Ayodhya before Ram Mandir consecration | 10 PointsThe Prime Minister will dedicate three railway projects worth ₹2300 crore. The projects include the Rooma Chakeri-Chanderi third line project; Jaunpur-Tulsi Nagar, Akbarpur-Ayodhya, Sohawal-Patranga and Safdarganj-Rasauli sections of the Jaunpur-Ayodhya-Barabanki doubling project; and doubling and electrification project of the Malhaur-Daliganj railway section's new airport to be named 'Maharishi Valmiki Int'l Airport Ayodhya Dham'Furthermore, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of infrastructure projects, including the Lucknow-Ayodhya section of NH-28 (new NH-27), modification of the existing Ayodhya bypass, the establishment of the CIPET centre, and the construction of offices for the Municipal Corporation Ayodhya.

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