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Kushinagar airport will change lives of 5 cr people in the region: Yogi

Kushinagar, Oct 20 (UNI) Expressing the gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the development of Buddhist sites, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that PM has realized the vision of the Buddhist circuit and the newly inaugurated airport will bring about positive change to the lives of five crore people of the region.
He was speaking at a function where Prime Minister inaugurated the international airport in Kushinagar. Yogi Adityanath said that from 1947 to 2014 only two airports were functional in Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow and Varanasi while the connectivity of Uttar Pradesh was confined to around 16 cities. “But, today Kushinagar Airport has become operational as the 9th airport of the state whereas there is direct air service from the airports of Uttar Pradesh to 75 major cities,” Yogi said.
He said that Kushinagar, being the place of Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha, in the centre of deep faith and reverence for Buddhist followers all over the world. Humanity will remain indebted to Tathagata for the messages of friendship and compassion that he gave to the world.
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