The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Yogi Adityanath planed to start the first seaplane service between Varanasi and Gorakhpur and has written a letter to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The government has asked the centre to conduct a feasibility study and take further action in the matter.

The UP Civil Aviation minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi met Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on Tuesday and discussed the start of the seaplane service on the Varanasi-Gorakhpur air route. He also appealed Scindia to take an immediate action on the proposal.

The seaplanes can operate from both land and water. Flying and landing can also be done from a 300-metre-long reservoir. The central government has planned 100 seaplane services in the country, in which about 111 rivers can be used as airstrips.