IAF aircraft lands in greenfield Shivamogga airport ahead of opening by PM Modi
Shivamogga (K'taka), Feb 21: A trial flight of the Indian Air Force plane safely landed at the newly-built Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka on Tuesday, authorities said.
The greenfield domestic airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district has been constructed under the Centre's UDAN scheme aimed to make air travel affordable to all.
Sharing the information on his Twitter handle with the video clip of the aircraft landing at the airport, Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said, "The first trial flight lands at #Shivamogga. Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji to inaugurate the #ShivamoggaAirport on Feb 27 by landing on this newly constructed Airport. Come, let us all be a part of this historic moment."
PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the airport on February 27.
The well-equipped airport is spread over 662.38 acres land for which the foundation was laid in June 2020 by then chief minister B S Yediyurappa.
Apart from the runway, terminal building, ATC tower and fire station building, it has a taxiway, apron, approach road, peripheral road and compound wall.
ಇದೇ 27 ರಂದು ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮೋದಿಜಿಯವರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವನ್ನು ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆಗೊಳಿಸಲಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಏರ್ಫೋರ್ಸಿನ ವಿಮಾನವು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥ ಹಾರಾಟ ನಡೆಸಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. @BSYBJP @BSBommai @AAI_Official @KarnatakaWorld #ShivamoggaNews #ShivamoggaAirport pic.twitter.com/qdzhNTBuVe
— B Y Raghavendra (@BYRBJP) February 21, 2023
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Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.
The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.
Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.
