Flight Ticket @999: Before Diwali, the people of Madhya Pradesh have received good news. State Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that a one month flight ticket from Rewa to Bhopal will be available for only Rs 999. PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated MP's Rewa Airport a day before. CM Yadav described the inauguration of the terminal building of Rewa Airport as a Diwali gift from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that it will promote the development of Vindhya region.
Prime Minister Modi on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 6,000 crore at a function in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. During the event he digitally inaugurated the terminal buildings of Rewa in Madhya Pradesh and Darima in Chhattisgarh and Maa Mahamaya Airport at Sarsawa in UP, which cost more than Rs 220 crore.
Big gift to MP before Diwali
Addressing a function in Rewa, Chief Minister Yadav said that Prime Minister Modi has given a big gift to the people of Vindhya region even before Diwali.
This journey will be available for only Rs 999
Yadav said that the state government will provide the facility of air travel to Bhopal from this airport to the people of Vindhya for Rs 999 for a month. He flagged off the Rewa-Bhopal flight. He said that the inauguration of the airport will open the doors of development and change in the Vindhya region comprising seven districts including Rewa.
Rapid growth in aviation sector
He said that this area has natural wealth and every necessary resource is available for its development. He said that due to the efforts of Prime Minister Modi and the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme, the poor are also getting the facility of air travel. The Chief Minister said that due to lack of attention by the previous governments, the development of Rewa lagged behind.
He said that in 1993 there was no rail facility in Rewa and now there is an airport here. Yadav said that an expressway will also be built from Rewa to Bhopal.