Tamil Nadu signs MoU with Central govt on regional air connectivity

The state government signed an MoU with the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday for the implementation of the scheme in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy at the Secretariat. 

Steps were being taken to start flight services to Hosur, Salem and Neyveli in the first phase under the “Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik” (UDAN) or regional connectivity scheme, a government release said. 

Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, Transport Minister MR Vijayabhaskar, Civil Aviation Secretary, RN Choubey, and Airports Authority of India Chairman, Guruprasad Mohapatra, were also present during the signing of the MoU. UDAN aims at making regional connectivity easy at a low cost so that common people could opt for air travel.