Hisar, April 14 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off a commercial flight from here to Ayodhya. Along with this, he laid the foundation stone of the airport and the new terminal building. The new terminal building of the Maharaja Agarsen Airport located here will be built at an estimated cost of over Rs 410 crore. It will include a state-of-the-art passenger terminal, a cargo terminal and an ATC building. The project is targeted to be completed in two years.
While flagging off the inaugural flight to Ayodhya from here, Mr. Modi had earlier said in a statement that the scheduled flights from Hisar to Ayodhya twice a week and three flights a week to Jammu, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Chandigarh will give a significant boost to Haryana's aviation connectivity.
Modi is launching several development initiatives worth Rs 10,000 crore in Haryana on Monday to mark the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar. Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini and several ministers of state were present at the event.