Mangaluru : Minister for Major and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar on Saturday said Mangaluru and Hubballi would get the third method of availability-air-from March 29 under the UDAN conspire.
Mr. Shettar said the air link was happening primarily because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to see even a person wearing slippers fly. While Mangaluru is the second busiest international airport after Bengaluru in Karnataka, other places, namely Hubballi, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Bidar, have come on the air map with the UDAN scheme.
Expressing that UDAN by Mr. Modi was what the Golden Quadrilateral highway project of former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee had envisaged, Mr. Shettar noted that more flights were operating to and from his home town now. This has paved the way for industrialization of the important city on the Bombay-Karnataka region, he said. The Minister said Hubballi took wings under UDAN-2, while Belagavi has seen upward traffic growth since UDAN-3 was launched.
Mr. Shettar additionally said the Hubballi air terminal has likewise urged IT major Infosys to set up a grounds in the district with a venture of Rs.350 crore. Determined endeavors by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and BJP State boss Nalin Kumar Kateel brought about this improved availability, he said.
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