Lagatar24 Desk
Lucknow, Oct 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Kushinagar International Airport on October 20. With this inauguration, UP will get its third international airport on Wednesday, after Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Lucknow and Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Varanasi. The airport is licensed for operating B737-900 type or equivalent aircraft and is spread over 590 acres.
“The international Airport at Kushinagar, the Mahaparinirvana site of Tathagata Gautam Buddha, will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on October 20. Ambassadors of various countries are to participate in this ceremony of international importance. A special delegation is also arriving from Sri Lanka. Keeping in line with ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, necessary preparations should be made for the grand welcome of foreign guests”, reads the Chief Minister’s office statement.
Notably, Kushinagar is the place where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana. Earlier this week, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a review meeting regarding the arrangements for the inauguration ceremony. During the meeting, CM gave instructions to officials to complete all the preparations on time and said that all efforts should be ensured to make this programme historic.
