About Amravati

Amravati is seventh most popular metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarter of the district.

The city has emerged as a major educational center in Central India Offering many majors including medical and engineering courses.

It also offers variety of tourist destinations like pilgrimage, wild life sanctuary to sightseeing. To name a few Chikhaldara, Muktaigri, Salbardi, Waigaon are famous tourist destinations. Close by is the famous Melghat Tiger Project which has more than 100 tigers.

Amravati is a growing industrial centre in Maharashtra with cotton mills, developing Textiles center and important agro industries etc.

It has a multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of 2500 acres which caters to many industries such as food processing, textile and spinning, agro based, bio tech, etc. It has a mega Thermal Power Project as well.

About Airport

MADC is developing an airport which is notified under UDAN-RCS Scheme

The details are as under.

• Area:389 Ha
• Runway Code:1850 m X 45 m
• Runway designation:08/26
• Taxiway:163 m X 18 m
• Apron:100 m X 110 m
• Terminal Building:2600 sq.mtrs. for 100 Peak Hour Capacity
• ATC Tower:26 mtrs Height
• Night landing facility work is ongoing
• Rain water harvesting system is a part of Amravati Airport Project
• Amravati-Mumbai-Amravati UDAN-RCS Route has been awarded to M/s Alliance Air