Jharsuguda among 58 airports covered under Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0
Jharsuguda among 58 airports covered under Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0
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Bhubaneswar: According to V K Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Veer Surendra Sai Airport is one of 58 airports now involved in the Krishi Udan 2.0 initiative.
The project aims to provide efficient, timely, and cost-effective air transportation for all agricultural goods, with a focus on those from the country's northeast, mountainous, and tribal areas.
While 53 airports were initially included in the nearly six-month pilot project, five more were added, bringing the total number of airports covered to 58.
Here is the entire list of the airports – Adampur, Agartala, Agatti, Agra, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bareli, Bhuj, Bhuntar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Gaggal, Goa, Gorakhpur, Hindon, Imphal, Indore, Jaisalmer, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kanpur, Kolkata, Leh, Lengpui, Lilabari, Nashik, Pakyong, Pantnagar, Pathankot, Patna, Pithoragarh, Port-Blair, Prayagraj, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rupsi, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Srinagar, Tezpur, Tezu, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Belagavi, Bhopal, Darbhanga, Jabalpur and Jharsuguda.
Notably, Krishi Udan was launched in August 2020, on international and national routes to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products so that it improves their value realisation. Krishi Udan 2.0 was launched a year later to facilitate movement of agricultural produce by air.
