PM Modi to inaugurate new air base near India-Pak border

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Defence Expo ’22 in Gandhinagar on Wednesday 19 October and laid the foundation stone of a new air force station in the town of Deesa in Gujarat.

Prime Minister Modi stated that the new air base will prove to be effective and crucial for the nation’s security.  “I was seeing on the screen that the people of Deesa were excited over the construction of the new airfield. This airfield will play a major role. Deesa is only 130km away from the International Border. If our forces, especially our airforces, remain in Deesa, then we will be able to give better response to any threat coming from the Western side,” PM Modi said addressing Deesa’s ‘brothers and sisters’ in Gujarati.

“When I was the chief minister, I worked towards the construction of the airfield. The land was allotted in 2000 only. I repeatedly urged the then Central government to start the construction as it is at a vantage point. But 14 years went on and nothing happened,” PM Modi said.

“And the files were created in such a way that even after I reached the centre, it took time to finally push the project. And now the dream of my defence personnel is coming true. I congratulate my Airforce soldiers. This will now play an important role in the country’s security,” PM Modi added.

Deesa will serve as the fifth air base in Gujarat complementing the existing ones in Vadodara, Bhuj, Jamnagar and Naliya.