PM Modi launches airport projects worth over ₹6,100 crore and other projects in Varanasi
On 20 October 2024, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated multiple development projects, including airport projects worth over ₹6,100 crore.
Summary
On 20 October 2024, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for and inaugurated multiple development projects, including airport projects worth over ₹6,100 crore. He laid the foundation stone for runway expansion, a new terminal building and allied works at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi (about ₹2,870 crore), and for New Civil Enclaves at Agra Airport (over ₹570 crore), Darbhanga Airport (about ₹910 crore) and Bagdogra Airport (about ₹1,550 crore). He inaugurated new terminal buildings of Rewa Airport, Maa Mahamaya Airport (Ambikapur) and Sarsawa Airport worth over ₹220 crore, taking the combined passenger handling capacity of these airports to over 2.3 crore passengers a year. He also inaugurated Phases 2 and 3 of the redevelopment of the Varanasi Sports Complex worth over ₹210 crore under the Khelo India scheme and the Smart City Mission.
Key facts
- Date
- 20 Oct 2024
- Place
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- Airport projects
- Over ₹6,100 crore
- LBS Airport, Varanasi
- Runway expansion + new terminal, about ₹2,870 crore (foundation)
- New Civil Enclaves
- Agra (>₹570 cr), Darbhanga (~₹910 cr), Bagdogra (~₹1,550 cr)
- New terminals inaugurated
- Rewa, Maa Mahamaya (Ambikapur), Sarsawa; >₹220 cr; capacity >2.3 crore passengers/yr
- Sports
- Varanasi Sports Complex Phases 2-3, >₹210 cr (Khelo India + Smart City Mission)
Practice MCQs 4 questions
On 20 October 2024, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for runway expansion and a new terminal building at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi, worth about:
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Correct answer: A — ₹2,870 crore
PIB, 20 Oct 2024: runway expansion, new terminal building and allied works of LBS International Airport, Varanasi worth around ₹2,870 crore. (₹6,100 crore is the total of all airport projects.)
On 20 October 2024, the PM laid foundation stones for New Civil Enclaves at three airports. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
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Correct answer: C — Rewa
PIB, 20 Oct 2024: New Civil Enclaves at Agra, Darbhanga and Bagdogra airports. Rewa's new terminal building was inaugurated, not a civil enclave.
Consider the following about the PM's Varanasi programme of 20 October 2024: 1. New terminal buildings of Rewa, Maa Mahamaya (Ambikapur) and Sarsawa airports worth over ₹220 crore were inaugurated. 2. Phases 2 and 3 of the Varanasi Sports Complex redevelopment were inaugurated under the Khelo India scheme and the Smart City Mission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are stated in the PIB release of 20 Oct 2024.
After the new terminals inaugurated on 20 October 2024, the combined annual passenger handling capacity of Rewa, Ambikapur and Sarsawa airports rose to more than:
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Correct answer: B — 2.3 crore
PIB, 20 Oct 2024: the combined passenger handling capacity of these airports increases to more than 2.3 crore passengers annually.