Know all about Arunachal Pradesh's Tezu Airport and greenfield Airport at Hollongi

Northeast India has been key to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Act East policy. Right from bringing Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya on the Indian Railways map to inaugurating Sikkim's first greenfield airport at Pakyong, the Modi government has been working to boost connectivity in the Northeastern states of the country.  On Saturday, PM Modi inaugurated infra projects worth Rs 4,000 crore in Arunachal Pradesh. The prime minister not only inaugurated retrofitted airport at Tezu in Lohit district but also laid the foundation stone for construction of greenfield Airport at Hollongi.

"This (Hollongi airport) will improve connectivity & give support to local farmers expanding their reach to markets in other parts of the country," said PM Modi after laying the foundation stone of the Hollongi Airport.

Check out the salient features of the Tezu Airport:
1. Project cost: Rs 125 crore
2. Terminal area: 4,000 sqm
3. Peak hour handling capacity: 200 passengers
4. Check-in counters: Five
5. Parking bays: Two

Foundation Stone Laying for New Greenfield Airport at Hollongi & Inauguration of Retrofitted Airport at Tezu will be done tomorrow by Sh @narendramodi in august presence of Dr. B.D. Mishra (Governor, Arunachal Pradesh), Sh @PemaKhanduBJP (CM, Arunachal Pradesh) & other officials. pic.twitter.com/Agkwlh2785

— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) February 8, 2019

Check out the salient features of the Greenfield Airport at Hollongi:
1. Project cost: Rs 955 crore (Rs 1042 crore with state share)
2. Terminal area: 4,100 sqm
3. Peak hour handling capacity: 200 passengers
4. Check-in counters: Five
5. Parking bays: Two

Civil Aviation Minister for State Jayant Sinha had said that the proposed 2,200-metre runway at the Hollongi airport will be able to handle jet aircraft. The total cost of the airport at Hollongi will be Rs 1042 crore in which Centre will provide Rs 955 crore and the state's share will be Rs 87 crore.

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Arunachal Pradesh has two airports - one at Pasighat and another at Tezu. The Pasighat airport had received its first flight under PM Modi's ambitious UDAN- Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik scheme on May 21, 2018. The flight takes 1 hrs 10 minutes and is active three days a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday). It connects Pasighat to Kolkata via Guwahati with fixed-wing flight service.

Great joy for TEAM ARUNACHAL that decades old dream of having our own Airport at Capital has been approved today in PIB at an estimated cost of ₹1055 crores. I thank Honble PM Shri @narendramodi ji for his unstinted support in having this project see the light of the day. pic.twitter.com/QIqfan4QeM

— Pema Khandu (@PemaKhanduBJP) January 11, 2019

The UDAN scheme aims to boost the regional air connectivity at an affordable price.