Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 657-acre Deoghar airport, constructed at a cost of 401 crores.
The airport has a 2,500-metre-long runway, which can handle the landing and takeoff of Airbus A320 planes.
PM Modi laid the footing stone of the Deoghar airport on May 25, 2018, as a key step toward providing direct connectivity to Baba Baidyanath Dham, which is an important religious destination for devotees from all over the country.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, on the occasion, said the airport will be linked to Ranchi, Patna and Delhi in the days to come.
PM Modi also laid foundation stones for various development initiatives and inaugurated projects, with a total value of over 16,800 crores.
PM Modi was accorded a compelling welcome by many, including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, on arrival to Jharkhand.
He also inaugurated the in-patient department and operation theatre services at AIIMS, Deoghar.
PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for multiple roads, energy and other infrastructure projects. It includes widening the Palamu-Gumla road, Rehal-Garhwa bypass and the Mirza Chowki-Farakka road, besides the elevated corridor from Kutchery Chowk to Piska More and Itki RoB in Ranchi. Widening of the Gorhar-Khairatunda road, Khairatunda-Barwa Adda section and the Ranchi-Mahalia section are also among the projects.
Other projects incorporate the innovation of a facility and pipeline network at the coal-bed methane in Jharia block in Parbatpur, the Bokaro-Angul section of the Jagdishpur-Haldia-Bokaro-Dhamra pipeline and LPG plants at Barhi and Bokaro.