PM Modi inaugurates Andhra Pradesh’s Rs 5,000 crore Bhogapuram Airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district.

The Andhra Pradesh government views the nearly Rs 5,000 crore Bhogapuram Airport, developed by GMR Group, not merely as an infrastructure project but as a transformational asset for the entire North Andhra region.

The airport was conceived as a catalyst for industrial growth, employment generation, exports, skill development and research.

Designed to handle six million passengers annually in the first phase, the airport has a master plan to expand its capacity to 40 million passengers a year.

Commercial operations at the airport will begin from August 17.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Union civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu highlighted the key features of the airport to the prime minister.

Later in the day, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for and inaugurate projects worth nearly Rs 18,000 crore in the southern state.