About 35 Lakh passengers have flown under the regional air connectivity scheme – Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) till date. Civil Aviation Ministry said, the travelling time has reduced drastically and public at large has benefited from it for tourism, medical emergencies and religious shrines. AIR correspondent reports that 134 routes commenced in the last one year.
The scheme was launched in October, 2016, to provide connectivity to un-served and under-served regions through revival of existing air strips and airports. In the last three years, government has successfully completed three rounds of bidding under the Scheme and awarded about 700 routes. The Ministry aims to operationalize one thousand routes and more than 100 airports in the next five years.
10 Airports were operationalized in 2019, out of which four airports were under-served and six airports were unserved. The Ministry has spent over 304 crore rupees for up-gradation of existing and new airports from April to November this year. The scheme is giving a major boost to tourism activities and employment generation.
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