{"id":175039,"date":"2026-01-21T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175039"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:58:20","slug":"pm-modi-opens-nature-themed-terminal-at-lokapriya-gopinath-bardoloi-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/pm-modi-opens-nature-themed-terminal-at-lokapriya-gopinath-bardoloi-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Opens Nature Themed Terminal at Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PM Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam, and unveiled an 80-foot statue of Assam\u2019s first Chief Minister, Gopinath Bardoloi.<br>The terminal, spread over 1.4 lakh sq. metres, can handle 1.3 crore passengers annually and is inspired by Assam\u2019s biodiversity and cultural heritage under the theme Bamboo Orchids.<br>PM Modi highlighted Assam\u2019s development under the Act East Policy and BJP\u2019s double-engine government, calling it a boost for the entire North-East, while Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the airport will strengthen connectivity, tourism, and economic growth across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key highlights:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal at Guwahati Airport on December 20, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The terminal can handle 1.3 crore passengers annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is inspired by Assam\u2019s biodiversity under the \u201cBamboo Orchids\u201d theme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An 80-foot statue of Gopinath Bardoloi was unveiled outside the terminal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project boosts connectivity, tourism, and economic growth in the Northeast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam, and unveiled an 80-foot statue of Assam\u2019s first Chief Minister, Gopinath Bardoloi.The terminal, spread over 1.4 lakh sq. metres, can handle 1.3 crore passengers annually and is inspired by Assam\u2019s biodiversity and cultural heritage under the theme Bamboo Orchids.PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":175040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5398],"tags":[2996],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-175039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-december-2025","tag-assam-current-affairs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175041,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175039\/revisions\/175041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175039"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=175039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}