The government has agreed to start a special flight from New Delhi to Nanded from October 29 in view of the ongoing tercentenary celebrations of Gurta Gaddi' Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal said in Phagwara on Monday.
The AirIndia flight will be operated on a temporary basis from October 29 to November 4 for the benefit of devotees visiting the historic Sikh pilgrimage centre at Nanded, a town in Maharashtra.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has agreed in this regard in reply to his letter, Atwal said, adding he had earlier written a letter to the minister, complaining that no flight had yet been started from New Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh or Mumbai to the Centre.
He said that all MPs belonging to Shiromani Akali Dal, including SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, will travel to Nanded on board the maiden flight.
