At India's southernmost tip...

Fri, 06 January 2023

14:57

Defence minister Rajnath Singh tweets this picture from the Great Nicobar Island. "At the Indira Point, Southern Most Tip of India," Rajnath Singh tweeted.

BJP leaders of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have urged Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for better air connectivity between the archipelago and other parts of the country. Singh met them during his visit to Union territory on Thursday.

At the meeting, the party's Andaman and Nicobar Islands president Ajoy Bairagi expressed concern over the steep airfares from Port Blair to other parts of India, and how tourism was getting affected because of less number of flight services due to the runway upgradation work.

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