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Andhra Pradesh marked a large milestone successful its aviation and infrastructure travel connected January 4, 2026 (Sunday) with the palmy validation formation astatine the Bhogapuram greenfield planetary airport, a task expected to importantly fortify determination connectivity and boost economical maturation successful the Uttarandhra region.
In a station connected X, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu congratulated the radical of Andhra Pradesh, peculiarly those successful the Uttarandhra region, connected the achievement, calling it a caller section successful the State’s aviation sector.
He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his vision, enactment and committedness to the improvement of Andhra Pradesh.
The Chief Minister noted that the airdrome had been planned and initiated during the NDA government’s tenure betwixt 2014 and 2019, and announced that the Bhogapuram airdrome would beryllium acceptable for commercialized formation operations from June.
“The palmy validation formation marks a historical infinitesimal arsenic Uttarandhra prepares to instrumentality off, enhancing connectivity and accelerating determination development,” Mr. Naidu said.
Jagan claims recognition
In his station connected X, YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy described the improvement arsenic a important milestone nether the #VisionVizag initiative. As the archetypal formation prepared to interaction down adjacent Visakhapatnam, helium said the State was accelerating connected its “growth runway,” reflecting Andhra Pradesh’s semipermanent infrastructure vision.
Congratulating the GMR Group for its execution, the erstwhile Chief Minister claimed that the instauration for the task was “firmly laid during the YSRCP government’s tenure.”
“Expedited permissions, timely approvals and broad onshore acquisition, including Rehabilitation and Resettlement, involving an expenditure of astir ₹960 crore, ensured uninterrupted advancement of the project,” helium said.
The erstwhile Chief Minister besides recalled the relation of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari successful approving the Bhogapuram Airport Bypass National Highway task successful March 2023, which provides captious connectivity betwixt Visakhapatnam Port and the airport.
He said the airdrome was expected to play a cardinal relation successful transforming Visakhapatnam into a large economic, concern and connectivity hub connected the East Coast, portion attracting investments and generating employment crossed the region.
