PM Modi to inaugurate Sikkim's first airport on September 23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sikkim on September 23 to inaugurate the state's first airport at Pakyong. After inaugurating the airport, the Prime Minister will address a public meeting at St. Xavier's School ground at Pakyong and return to New Delhi the same day. The greenfield airport, located 30km from Gangtok, will put Sikkim on the aviation map of the country.
PM Modi will visit Sikkim for the second time
"I am very happy to share that the Hon'ble PM is visiting Sikkim for the second time and this time he will be inaugurating the Pakyong Airport which is ready and has undergone the trial on two occasions," Chief Secretary AK Shrivastava said.
The commercial operations will commence from October first week
The state government has been intimated by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry (MoCA) about the Prime Minister's visit and the airport inauguration, Shrivastava said. After the formal inauguration of the airport on September 23, the commercial operation of flights will commence from the airport in the first week of October, the Chief Secretary added.
