Pm Modi to inaugurate Mopa International Airport in Goa, addresses World Ayurveda Congress

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The All India Institute of Ayurveda in Dhargal in North Goa, the Unani National Institute of Medicine in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and the National Institute of Homeopathy in Narela in Delhi are among the projects he would essentially launch, according to the sources.

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Mopa Airport in North Goa, being built for Rs 2,870 crore, will be the second facility in the state besides the existing Dabolim Airport. Officials said the airport would have the capacity to handle 44 lakh passengers per year in the first phase, and it will go up to one crore passengers per year after completing the whole project.

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Prior to these events, Modi flagged the Vande Bharat Express train connecting Nagpur to Bilaspur. The ceremony took place at the Nagpur railway station. Modi laid the foundation stone for the renovation of Nagpur and Ajni railway stations on this occasion. The redevelopment of the stations will cost around Rs 590 crore and Rs 360 crore, respectively.

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Previously, he also inaugurated the first phase of the “Samruddhi Expressway” Nagpur-Mumbai. The first phase connects Nagpur to the temple city of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district over a distance of 520 km.

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The total length of the project, officially named “Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg”, will be 701 km. The project is the brainchild of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and was conceptualized when he was Chief Minister in 2015. When completed, the expressway will cut travel time from Nagpur to Mumbai to seven hours.

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The Prime Minister took a ride on the metro between Zero Mile Freedom Park and Khapri stations. Before boarding the train, he visited an exhibit about the project at Zero Mile Station. There are 36 stations in Phase I of the project, which covers a distance of 40 km. This project was developed at a cost of over Rs 8,650 crore, officials said.