Emphasising his government's commitment to finish infrastructure projects on time, PM Modi stated that earlier, costs kept on escalating while work remained pending. He added that the previous Samajwadi Party government in UP had written to the Centre asking to stop the proposed airport.
Uttar Pradesh currently has three operational international airports Lucknow, Varanasi and Kushinagar. Ayodhya and Jewar airport are planned for 2022 and 2024 respectively.
PM Modi informed that after Yogi Adityanath came to power in UP in 2017, about 9 lakh poor families in urban areas were allocated homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.