Expansion of air services will boost investment and tourism: CM Chouhan
Saturday - July 17, 2021 12:00 am ,
Category : BHOPAL
Air service start from Gwalior to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Jabalpur to Surat
Inauguration by CM Chouhan and Union Minister Scindia
Bhopal 16 July 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that expansion of air services, will create a better environment for investment in the state and for new opportunities for development and progress. With Jyotiraditya Scindia as the new Union Civil Aviation Minister, the expectations of the people of the state have increased from the aviation sector. The expansion of air services will boost tourism activities in the state. There is also ample scope for expansion of Aviation Academy and in the Maintenance and Repair Operations sector in the state.
Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the virtual inauguration of the new air services by SpiceJet from Gwalior and Jabalpur from Mantralaya. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the programme from Delhi. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Jabalpur MP Rakesh Singh participated from New Delhi. State Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar and Water Resources Minister Tulsi Silavat and Gwalior MP Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar were present in the programme organized in Gwalior.
Spice Jet launches air services
SpiceJet air services was launched by Chief Minister Chouhan and Union Minister Scindia from Gwalior to Pune, Ahmedabad and Mumbai and from Jabalpur to Surat. The airline will operate three days a week from Gwalior to Pune and four days a week between Gwalior to Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Air service facility will be available between Jabalpur and Surat for three days a week.
Helicopter service to be started for Pachmarhi
Chief Minister Chouhan said that there is an urgent need of international connectivity for Indore and Bhopal, later it can be extended to Gwalior and Jabalpur. With the increase of air services, tourism activities in Khajuraho, Mandu, Bhim Baithka, Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maihar, Datia, Chitrakoot etc. will get a boost in the state. Helicopter service are needed for Pachmarhi and national parks. The citizens of the country will benefit from the UDAN Yojana launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to operate flights from small cities.
Aviation academy and maintenance and repair activities should be increased in the state
Chief Minister Chouhan said that with the rapid development of air services, there is a need for trained pilots, engineers and trained youth for Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO). An attractive policy has been implemented in the state for setting up Aviation Academy and MRO Unit (Maintenance and Repair Operations) in Madhya Pradesh.
The state has the best climate and other conditions favorable for training of pilots. Every year about 150 trained pilots emerge from the state’s aviation academies. Chief Minister Chouhan said that there is a need to expand these activities in the state. The state government will always extend cooperation in the development plans of the Aviation Department.
Target to develop 100 airports and 1000 air routes by 2024
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that transport is important for the economy. The Aviation sector provides momentum to the process of development. SpiceJet’s Jabalpur-Delhi-Jabalpur flight service will start on July 18, in addition to the airlines started today for Gwalior and Jabalpur. Khajuraho-Delhi-Khajuraho airline will be started in the month of October. Air connectivity between Rewa, Khajuraho, Datia, Bhopal, Jabalpur will be increased. According to the target given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 100 airports and one thousand air routes are to be developed in the country by the year 2024. Work in this direction is progressing rapidly. Air services play an important role in connecting the country.
Madhya Pradesh will become carbo hub – Union Minister Tomar
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the operation of UDAN Yojana in the country with the goal of ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik’. With the responsibility of Ministry of Aviation having been entrusted to Scindia, the state will become a carbo hub and the air connectivity of the cities of the state will increase. Jabalpur MP Rakesh Singh also addressed the programme – Window to News
