After 43 years, a PM to visit Vizianagaram: Modi to inaugurate Bhogapuram airport on August 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the new Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport in Vizianagaram on August 1, 2026. This visit marks a rare prime ministerial trip to the district, the first since Indira Gandhi's visit in 1983.
Why it matters
The inauguration highlights infrastructure development in Andhra Pradesh and serves as a significant political event for the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram on August 1, 2026.
Mr. Modi’s visit will be only the second by a Prime Minister to Vizianagaram district in 43 years. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister, addressed a Congress election meeting at the Maharaja Stadium in the Fort City in 1983. The GMR Group has built the airport at an estimated cost of ₹4,500 crore on 2,200 acres provided by the State government.
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