The Ministry of Civil Aviation has started ‘Udaan Yatri Cafe’ at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. This is the first cafe to sell cheap food at the airport. Here water bottle and tea will be available for Rs 10. While samosa, coffee and sweet will be available for Rs 20. Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha participated in the discussion on the Indian Aviation Bill 2024 in the winter session of Parliament. During this, he had questioned the government about the expensive sale of food items at the airport. He had said – Water bottle at the airport starts from Rs 100 and food items start from Rs 200. Can the government build an airport canteen, in which food can be available at a lower price. After this, this cafe was started at Kolkata Airport. Chadha said – Happy to see the change
After the cafe opened, Rajya Sabha MP Chadha wrote on his X handle – Happy to see the change! After raising this issue in the winter session, the price of tea has been reduced at Kolkata Airport. This is a victory for the common people. These cafes should be opened at other airports as well. Dainik Bhaskar spoke to Deepak Kumar, Joint General Manager of Kolkata Airport in this regard. He said that Kolkata Airport is celebrating its 100th anniversary. On this occasion, it was decided to open this cafe in Kolkata. At present, it has not been decided at which airport the next cafe will be opened, but cafes will be opened at all airports in the country. Kumar said that at present, there are 5 things in this cafe – water, tea, coffee, samosa and gulab jamun. Most passengers buy tea and samosa. People of every age group are visiting this cafe. 700-800 people are visiting the cafe every day. Other pictures of Udaan Yatri Cafe… Kolkata Airport has completed its 100 years this year. Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu released a commemorative stamp, a coin and a souvenir on this occasion. Also, a coffee table book was launched. —————————- Other news related to the airport… Indore airport’s ranking improves, reaches number 4: Now only Chennai, Goa, Kolkata are ahead Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport has made tremendous improvement in terms of facilities. In the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey, Indore airport has now reached the fourth position in the country and 66th position in the world. Read the full news…
