The record
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district on August 1, 2026, to inaugurate the Alluri Sitarama Raju International airport.
- Around 13,000 students are preparing to perform the traditional tribal Dhimsa dance for the event, with rehearsals overseen by senior state officials.
- The runway is ready, so the PM's aircraft will land directly at the new airport, where commercial operations are scheduled to begin on August 17.
- The state is arranging over 3,000 APSRTC buses from nearby districts to bring people to the inauguration, and security and logistics were being finalised at a command control room a day before the visit.
What to watch next
- Inauguration event on August 1 and remarks by the PM, CM Naidu and other VIPs
- Start of commercial flight operations at the airport on August 17
- Final preparations, including security arrangements and bus logistics on the day of the visit
What changed2
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The Hindu — Andhra Pradesh[1]
13,000 students to welcome Modi with Dhimsa dance for Bhogapuram airport inaugural eventThe Hindu BusinessLine[2]
Bhogapuram airport set to take flight on tribal beats
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Named India · Alluri Sitarama Raju · Andhra Pradesh · Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department · APSRTC · A.R. Damodar · Bhogapuram · GMR Group · GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Ltd · Gopinath Jetti · Kondapalli Srinivas · MT Krishna Babu · Narendra Modi
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