CM Patnaik urges PM Modi to establish Sri Jagannath International Airport in Puri Post News Network
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to establish Sri Jagannath International Airport in Puri to meet the growing international travel demands of tourists.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, CM Patnaik wrote, “The holy city of Puri, abode of Lord Jagannath, is among the ‘Char Dhams’ of Hindu Dharma. Hindus, from all over the world, visit Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri.”
“The Sun Temple of Konark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is just 35 kms away from Puri and along with the adjacent Ramachandi-Chandrabhaga beaches provides a unique experience to national and international tourists,” he added.
Naveen urges Modi to establish International Airport at Puri
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today proposed Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to establish an international airport at Puri in the name of
Sri Jagannath.
at Puri for the proposed airport and will proactively support all the activities required for
establishing the airport in a record time.
The Chief Minister requested Mr.Modi to ask the Ministry of Civil Aviation take up the
Airport as a priority project.
He said the holy city of Puri, abode of Lord Jagannath, is among the Char Dhams of
Hindu Dharma. Hindus, from all over the World, visit Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri.
Naveen Patnaik pitches for international airport at Puri
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The Odisha government on Friday demanded the establishment of an international airport, named after Lord Jagannath, at Puri.
“The State government has identified land at Puri for the proposed airport and will proactively support all the activities required for establishing the airport in record time. I request that the Ministry of Civil Aviation may be asked to take up this airport as a priority project,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.