Air India air service to Dehradun-Varanasi is going to start from 28 September. CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said, this will enable devotees from Tirthanagri Rishikesh and Haridwar to reach Kashi, the city of Baba Vishwanath directly.
Giving information about the commencement of air service, the Chief Minister’s aviation advisor Captain Deep Srivastava said that till October 26, this service will be operated two days a week on Wednesday and Saturday. After that its schedule will be changed. The Chief Minister has thanked Ashwani Lohani, Managing Director of Air India. In June, Air India managing director Ashwani Lohani met Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at the CM residence. During that time there was a discussion on increasing air services from Dehradun.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious UDAN scheme, Dehradun will be connected to dozens of cities in the country through air services. The state government has decided to make the Jolly Grant Airport an international airport. Recently, Dehradun-Pithoragarh air service has also been restarted.