PM flags off cheap flight from Shimla to Delhi

Shimla – Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off a flight from Shimla to New Delhi, the first such venture under a government scheme which seeks to popularise regional air travel on short sectors by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per hour. “I want to see people who wear Hawaii chappal (rubber slippers) in a hawai jahaaz (aircraft),” PM Modi said at the launch of the flight under the government’s regional connectivity scheme (RCS), six months after it was announced last October. The prime minister also simultaneously flagged off RCS flights on the Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through a video-conference at the event. Modi said that the Delhi-Shimla flight, with a fare of Rs 2,036 per seat, will be cheaper than a taxi ride.

Later, Modi also laid the foundation of the Hydro Engineering College at Bilaspur through a video-link. He said the institute would help provide specially trained manpower for the hydro power sector. Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Leader of the opposition in the HP Assembly P K Dhumal received the prime minister, who was accompanied by Union ministers Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Sinha at the Jubberhatti airport in Shimla.

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