PM inaugurates Jharkhand's second airport in Deoghar

The Deoghar airport is the second airport in Jharkhand and was constructed at an estimated cost of around Rs 400 crore. The airport's terminal building has the capacity to handle over five lakh passengers annually.

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July 12, 2022 / 16:47 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 12 inaugurated the second airport in Jharkhand at Deoghar, as a key step to provide direct connectivity to Baba Baidyanath Dham.

The Deoghar airport is the second airport in Jharkhand and was constructed at an estimated cost of around Rs 400 crore. The airport's terminal building has the capacity to handle over five lakh passengers annually.

The construction of two more airports for the state is underway in Dumka and Bokaro, PM Modi said while inaugurating the Deoghar airport.

The prime minister also launched development projects worth Rs 16,800 crore in Jharkhand.

Projects that were inaugurated include the Bokaro - Angul section of the Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline of GAIL; the New LPG Bottling plant of HPCL at Barhi, Hazaribagh, and Bokaro LPG Bottling plant of BPCL. The Foundation stone of Parbatpur Gas Collecting Station, Jharia Block, Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Asset of ONGC was laid.

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