PM inaugurates new terminal of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, Guwahati
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Terminal Building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam on 20 December 2025 and unveiled a statue of Assam's first Chief Minister Gopinath Bardoloi.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Terminal Building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam on 20 December 2025. The Guwahati terminal is spread over nearly 1.4 lakh square metres and is designed to handle up to 1.3 crore passengers a year, and the Prime Minister also unveiled a statue of Gopinath Bardoloi, Assam's first Chief Minister, after whom the airport is named. Highlighting the special use of bamboo in the terminal, the Prime Minister recalled that the Indian Forest Act, 1927 was amended in 2017 to reclassify bamboo grown in non-forest areas as a 'grass' instead of a 'tree'.
Key facts
- Date
- 20 December 2025
- Airport
- Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, Guwahati
- Size
- Nearly 1.4 lakh sq m
- Capacity
- Up to 1.3 crore passengers a year
- Statue
- Gopinath Bardoloi, Assam's first Chief Minister
- Bamboo
- Indian Forest Act, 1927 amended in 2017: bamboo in non-forest areas a 'grass'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Gopinath Bardoloi, after whom Guwahati's international airport is named and whose statue was unveiled on 20 December 2025, was:
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Correct answer: A — Assam's first Chief Minister
PIB 2207003: the Prime Minister unveiled the statue of Gopinath Bardoloi, Assam's first Chief Minister.
The new terminal of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, inaugurated in December 2025, is designed to handle up to how many passengers a year?
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Correct answer: C — 1.3 crore
narendramodi.in and All India Radio: the terminal, spread over nearly 1.4 lakh sq m, is designed for up to 1.3 crore passengers a year.
Consider the following statements in the context of the new Guwahati airport terminal inaugurated in December 2025: 1. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was amended in 2017 to reclassify bamboo grown in non-forest areas as a 'grass' instead of a 'tree'. 2. The terminal is spread over nearly 1.4 lakh square metres. 3. The airport is named after Assam's first Governor. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
PIB 2207003 gives the 2017 bamboo amendment; narendramodi.in gives the 1.4 lakh sq m area. Gopinath Bardoloi was Assam's first Chief Minister, not Governor, so statement 3 is wrong.