The Airport Authority of India (AAI) on Friday that people from Dibrugarh in Upper Assam will be able to reach Shillong within hours as aircraft will soon connect the two places under the UDAN 4.0 scheme.
Informing this, the authority wrote, “UDAN 4.0 brings regions close, destinations closer! The connectivity between Dibrugarh, an emerging industrial hub of North East India and Shillong, a fast emerging education hub for the North East region, will open new horizons for these two places.”
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The union aviation ministry launched the 4th round of UDAN in December, 2019 with a special focus on Northeastern, hilly states, and islands.
The Aviation Ministry has awarded several routes under UDAN 4 in line with the Act East Policy of the Central Government.
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