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India’s first heliport inaugurated in Delhi

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju here on Tuesday inaugurated the country's first integrated heliport. The country's first heliport, located at Rohini…

IANS | New Delhi | February 28, 2017 8:54 am

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju here on Tuesday inaugurated the country's first integrated heliport.

The country's first heliport, located at Rohini locality in north west Delhi, has been built by state-owned chopper operator Pawan Hans.

The heliport, erected over an area of 25 acres, has come up with an investment of Rs 100 crore.

It sports a terminal building, four hangars and nine parking bays, along with a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.

What began as an irreverent internet joke has acquired the unmistakable weight of a political movement.

Student groups and Opposition workers formed a sizeable crowd, but the promised procession towards Parliament never emerged as one organised march.

These electric vehicles will bolster the sanitation fleets of the Rohini, Narela, Civil Lines and Keshav Puram zones of the MCD.