The long-awaited new Kota Airport was formally inaugurated with a Bhoomi Pujan ceremony on Saturday at Shambhupura by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, and Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, the release said.
The Prime Minister described the day as an important moment for the entire Hadoti region, which includes the districts of Kota, Bundi, Baran, and Jhalawar. He said the upcoming airport would significantly boost regional development in the years ahead.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday arrived in Rajasthan's Kota to hold a meeting with party leaders in the poll-bound state. Nadda arrived at Kota Airport by special plane where he was received by BJP leaders and MLAs.
"The back-and-forth, staggered response and tardy pace of handing over of the land by the State govt. have delayed the process of development of the Kota Airport," Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the BJP-led central government is creating hurdles in the construction of an airport in Kota. CM Gehlot and Urban Development and Housing Department Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal on Thursday went to the area where Kota Airport is pro