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A task to upgrade facilities astatine the Puducherry airdrome with the assistance of an Indo-French associated task steadfast was among the topics discussed astatine a gathering betwixt the visiting Ambassador of France successful India Thierry Mathou and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025).
An authoritative property enactment said the French Ambassador, who is connected a four-day sojourn to the Union Territory, conveyed to the Chief Minister that the Indian conglomerate GMR Group, successful which a French institution Groupe ADP has a important stake, had evinced involvement successful improving the airport.
The taxable of improving the city’s connectivity, done the airdrome successful particular, cropped up successful narration to the discussions connected the improvement of tourism sector, arsenic the portion has been witnessing precocious volumes of visitors each year.
Mr. Mathou besides pointed to an progressive connection for introducing a nonstop formation from India to Reunion Island, a French overseas section successful the Indian Ocean which has humanities and taste links with Puducherry and adjacent Tamil-speaking regions done centuries of out-bound migration of workers to the island’s plantations.
The Chief Minister was briefed astir plans for a nonstop Indigo formation betwixt Reunion Island and either Mumbai oregon Bengaluru. (At present, flights to Reunion Island person layovers en route).
Tourism Minister K. Lakshminarayanan, Civil Supplies Minister PRN Thirumurugan, S. Ramesh, MLA, R. Kesavan, Local Administration Secretary, Aman Sharma, Director of Education, R. Mounissamy, Director of Information and French Consul General successful Puducherry Etienne Rolland-Piegue were contiguous astatine the meeting.
The Ambassador and the Chief Minister besides discussed the heavy links betwixt Puducherry and France, and however the Union Territory could enactment arsenic a span for the 2 countries, successful peculiar for the overseas territories funny successful having deeper relations with India similar the Reunion Island, the property enactment said.
Earlier, a solemn ceremonial to connection remembrance to soldiers who sacrificed their lives successful the archetypal Great War was organised astatine the French War Memorial to people the 107th day of the extremity of the World War I successful 1918.
The French Ambassador, French Consul General successful Puducherry, Sophie Briante Guillemont, French Senator for French citizens surviving abroad, and District Collector A. Kulothungan, who represented the Government of Puducherry, laid floral wreaths and paid tributes to the soldiers who mislaid their lives during the World War I.
Earlier, the nationalist flags of India and France were hoisted and the nationalist anthems of some countries were played. A moment’s soundlessness was besides observed.
