PM Modi inaugurates Donyi Polo Airport, Arunachal Pradesh’s first greenfield airstrip

On Saturday (November 19), High Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Arunachal Pradesh’s first greenfield airport, Donyi Polo Airport, close to Itanagar’s Hollongi, in addition to a 600-MW Kameng hydropower challenge in West Kameng district, in a large spice up to transportation and tourism within the north-east.

In 2019, PM Modi opened the renovated Tezu Airport and laid the groundwork for the Greenfield Airport in Hollongi, Arunachal Pradesh. The terminal at Hollongi, which has a top processing capability of 200 individuals consistent with hour, is constructed at a value of round 955 crores, in keeping with an legitimate unencumber. The airport, which is the primary greenfield airport in Arunachal, is built throughout a space of over 690 acres for the cheap of greater than 640 crores.

PM @narendramodi inaugurates Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar %.twitter.com/ZFegiHwJOV

— DD Information (@DDNewslive) November 19, 2022

In keeping with the legitimate remark, “The airport terminal is a contemporary construction, which promotes power potency, renewable power and the recycling of sources. Donyi Polo Airport would be the 3rd operational airport for Arunachal Pradesh, taking the whole airport rely within the North-East area to 16. From 1947 to 2014, best 9 airports have been constructed within the North-East. In a brief span of 8 years since then, the Modi executive has constructed seven airports within the North-East.”

Greenfield Airport in Hollongi. (Symbol: India As of late)

“Plane motion within the North-East has additionally witnessed an building up of 113 consistent with cent since 2014, from 852 a week in 2014 to 1817 a week in 2022,” the remark provides.

The airport’s identify symbolises Arunachal Pradesh’s traditions and wealthy cultural legacy, in addition to its age-old indigenous veneration for the Solar (‘Donyi’) and the Moon (‘Polo’). It is going to be Arunachal Pradesh’s first airport, with a 2,300-metre runway in a position to touchdown and starting off a Boeing 747, some of the greatest passenger planes.

In keeping with the PMO, the airport would now not best building up connectivity within the area however may also function a stimulus for the growth of trade and tourism, therefore boosting the area’s financial and social building.

Kameng Hydropower Challenge

The Kameng hydro challenge, which spans greater than 80 kilometres within the West Kameng district, used to be constructed at a value of greater than Rs 8,450 crore. It’s meant to generate an influence surplus in Arunachal Pradesh and give a boost to the nationwide grid when it comes to reliability and interoperability. It is going to make a vital contribution to the rustic’s ambition against inexperienced power adaptation.

Kameng Hydropower challenge. (Symbol: NEEPCL)
Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi

Following his discuss with to Arunachal Pradesh, PM Modi is slated to inaugurate the month-long Kashi-Tamil Samagam at Kashi Hindu Vishvavidyalaya in Varanasi these days. This system’s purpose is to honour, reaffirm, and reestablish the long-standing ties between Tamil Nadu and Kashi, two of the rustic’s maximum necessary and ancient centres of information.

“Taking a look ahead to attending the Kashi Tamil Sangamam tournament in Varanasi. It is going to be any such grand and ancient instance, wherein a stupendous confluence of cultural attach of India and wonderful thing about Tamil language will probably be noticed,” PM Modi tweeted on Friday.

वाराणसी में होने वाले काशी तमिल संगमम् कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने को लेकर बहुत उत्सुक हूं। यह एक ऐसा भव्य और ऐतिहासिक अवसर होगा, जिसमें भारत के सांस्कृतिक जुड़ाव और तमिल भाषा की सुंदरता का अद्भुत संगम देखने को मिलेगा। %.twitter.com/i6JloirlwQ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 18, 2022

The programme intends to emphasize the Tamil language and tradition whilst celebrating the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.’ The management has jumped into motion to host the ‘Kashi-Tamil Samagam’ within the holy town of Varanasi on an enormous scale with a view to be offering the folk of Uttar Pradesh a style of Dravidian tradition, in addition to Tamil Nadu meals and leisure. 

The PMO mentioned within the remark, “Greater than 2500 delegates from Tamil Nadu will probably be visiting Kashi. They’ll take part in seminars, web page visits and so forth to have interaction with native other people of an identical business, career and pastime. A month-long exhibition of handlooms, handicrafts, ODOP merchandise, books, documentaries, delicacies, artwork bureaucracy, historical past, vacationer puts and so forth of the 2 areas can also be post in Kashi.”