PM Modi inaugurates 15 airport projects, including New Delhi’s Terminal 1, from UP’s Azamgarh
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Indian PM Narendra Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (Mar 10) inaugurated 15 airport projects, including a new terminal in Delhi, virtually from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh state. New passenger terminals inaugurated also include Lucknow, Pune, Kolhapur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Moradabad, Shravasti and Adampur.
The 12 new terminals are collectively worth over INR 9,800 crore ($1.18 billion) and willtogether handle over 62 million passengers annually. Three new ones, once built, will increase the combined passenger capacity to 9.5 million per year, a government statement said.
Faacilities at new terminals
These terminals feature advanced passenger amenities and sustainable elements like insulated roofing systems, energy-saving canopies, and LED lighting. The designs draw inspiration from local heritage, reflecting the state and city's culture and history, the statement added.
Watch:PM Modi's pan-India outreach before elections, offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
How fast can the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet really fly?
)
Did China ask its people 'not to respond to aliens'? Origin of bizarre claim on social media
)
MS Dhoni-CSK Fallout? Report claims failed stake sale talks triggered rift
)
Scientists reveal the SAFEST COUNTRY when catastrophe strikes the planet
)
Serial killer on the loose in South Korea's Jeju Island? Fourth body found in three days as more than a dozen people go missing
)
2/3rd of glacier detached, collapsed: ISRO satellite images reveal what triggered Nepal floods
)
Trump once again claims without him there would be ‘no Israel right now’
)
Foreign espionage attacks against German companies surge to 37%, Bitkom report reveals
)
Blake Lively wins partial legal fee from Justin Baldoni after $8M request
)
Why is Pakistan deploying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones near India border?
)
'OH MY GOD! We've found other agents!': Investigators discover not one or two, almost 700 OpenAI AI agents went rogue, hacked Hugging Face
)
Lunar eclipse 2026: India timings, places to see and more. August Blood moon factsheet
)
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on global outreach tour
)
Both pilots killed as training aircraft crashes in Lucknow – What we know
)
16-year-old charged with preparing terror attack on kindergarten in Norway
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
How the S-400 protects itself from enemy attacks
)
Nepal floods: Over 165 dead, 400 missing; US, India, China, World Bank mobilise aid
)
India's multi-layered watch: The new surveillance war
)
5 doomsday planes spotted in US skies hours after CIA director's secret trip to Russia
)
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to finally face trial in 2028, nearly 27 years after horrific attacks
)
Islamabad hospital fire: What we know about one of the biggest facility that housed Imran Khan
)
Workers run for life while filming Nepal flash flood: Scary new visuals emerge from Rasuwa
)
Russian military planes enter South Korean air defence zone amid rising tensions with North Korea: What's happening
)
Ron Weasley Is Back! Rupert Grint set to return to Harry Potter universe on Broadway
)
400-year-old 'vampire' grave in Poland reveals non-existent genetic lineage
)
Dolly Parton, global icon and queen of country music, dies at 80
)
Nepal flash floods: Kailash Mansarovar yatra affected, close to 400 pilgrims out of contact
)
'If he is dead, they're putting on a pretty good show': Trump casts fresh doubt over Mojtaba Khamenei's fate
)
Man arrested near US Capitol with guillotine in pickup truck: What happened?
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why the Su-30MKI cockpit is painted bright turquoise green
"The people from across the country can see the love and affection of Azamgarh. They can see your enthusiasm...This love is wonderful," the Indian leader said during the political event.
“You can see that in the past few days, I have been inaugurating several projects of the country from one place itself. When people hear about several airports, several railway stations, several IIMs and several AIIMS, they get surprised. Sometimes, they also put the old mindset in the same bracket - that it is an election season," Modi was quoted as saying.
“What used to happen in election season earlier? People in previous governments used to make announcements to deceive people," he added.
Delhi’s new terminal
The PM inaugurated Terminal 1 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, which has been under expansion in parts since 2019.
The expansion is aimed at bringing both T1C and T1D – previously separate sections for arrivals and departures under a single revamped Terminal 1. The upgraded infrastructure will double the airport’s passenger-handling capacity from 20 million to 40 million per year.
(With inputs from agencies)