Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated the new Terminal Building at Dehradun Airport from New Delhi today. Shri Puskar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand also joined the event from Dehradun.
In his inaugural address Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said, “The construction of the New Terminal Building was planned in two phases to provide uninterrupted operations at the Airport. After the operationalization of the first phase of the Terminal admeasuring 28,729 sqm, and second phase measuring 14,047 sqm, the overall area of the Terminal has expanded to 42,776 sqm. This way the overall capacity has gone up by ten times.”
Elaborating on the development work being carried out to deliver air connectivity, Shri Scindia said, “Government is upgrading 3 airports in Uttarakhand i.e. Dehradun, Pant Nagar, Pithoragarh and 7 heliports have been started including of Almora, Chinyalisaur, Gauchar, Sahastradhara, New Tehri, Srinagar, and Haldwani Heliports. Development of Dharchula, Haridwar, Joshimath, Mussoorie, Nainital, and Ramnagar heliports is also being done. The number of heliports will be increased to 21 in the upcoming years.”
The growth of connectivity in Dehradun
The airport will act as a center that will connect the other parts of the Uttarakhand. Dehradun had air connectivity only with 3 destinations in 2004, under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the city is now connected to 13 destinations. In 2014 the airport had only 46 flight movements per week, which has increased to currently to 200 flights, a growth of 130%.
New Terminal Building at Dehradun Airport
Spread in an area of 326.42 acres it is also known as Jolly Grant Airport. Located 20 km from Rishikesh, and 35 km from Haridwar, the airport serves 10 Lakh passengers annually. It is also known as the Air Gateway of Garhwal and plays an important role in the tourism of Uttarakhand.
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