new delhi with an aim to boost connectivity in the country prime minister narendra modi will inaugurate the mopa international airport in goa on sundaythe development comes in the wake of the centres constant endeavour of providing worldclass infrastructure and transport facilities across the countrythe foundation stone of the airport was laid by the prime minister in november 2016developed at a cost of around rs 2870 crore the airport has been built on the theme of sustainable infrastructure and has a solar power plant green buildings led lights on the runway besides rainwater harvesting stateoftheart sewage treatment plant with recycling facilities among other such facilitiesit has adopted some of the bestinclass technologies like 3d monolithic precast buildings stabilroad robomatic hollow precast walls 5g compatible it infrastructure some of the features of the airport include runway capable of handling the worlds largest aircrafts 14 parking bays along with night parking facility for aircrafts selfbaggage drop facilities state of the art and independent air navigation infrastructure among others read an official statement by the prime ministers officeinitially phase i of the airport will cater to around 44 million passengers per annum mppa which can be expanded to a saturation capacity of 33 mppathe airport is expected to boost the socioeconomic development of the state and serve the needs of the tourism industry it has the potential of serving as a key logistics hub directly connecting many domestic and international destinations it is also planned for the airport to have multimodal connectivitywhile being a worldclass airport the airport will also provide visitors a feel and experience of goa the airport has extensively used azulejos tiles which are native to goa the food court also recreates the charm of a typical goan cafe it will also have a designated area for a curated flea market where local artisans and craftsmen will be encouraged to display and market their wares the statement saidin goa the prime minister will also inaugurate three national ayush institutes and address the valedictory function of the 9th world ayurveda congressthe three institutes all india institute of ayurveda aiia goa national institute of unani medicine nium ghaziabad and national institute of homoeopathy nih delhi will further strengthen research and international collaborations and will also facilitate affordable ayush services for people developed at a total cost of about rs 970 crores they will together increase the intake of students by around 400 along with the addition of about 500 hospital beds the pmo saidthe 9th edition of the world ayurveda congress wac arogya expo is witnessing the active participation of more than 400 overseas delegates representing over 50 countries international students and various other stakeholders of ayurveda tthe theme of the 9th edition of wac is ayurveda for one healthin maharashtra the prime minister will inaugurate projects worth rs 75000 croreprime minister will inaugurate phasei of samruddhi mahamarg covering a distance of 520 kms and connecting nagpur and shirdiaccording to an official press release samruddhi mahamarg or nagpurmumbai super