The Air India Express aircraft bringing 160 passengers from Bengaluru could not land on Saturday (August 16, 2025) at Gwalior Airport in Madhya Pradesh for the first time. However, the plane successfully landed in the second time. A statement has been issued by the airline on this incident.

The airline said that the aircraft made a round and landed safely without any incident. An Air India Express spokesperson told PTI, “One of our aircraft made a round and then landed in Gwalior safely and without any incident.”

No fault found in the plane: airline

The airline spokesman said, “Technical staff examined the aircraft after landing and could not find any malfunction.” Goswami also said that failure in landing is a common thing in the first attempt. According to another official, some passengers lodged their complaint with the airline officials after landing from the aircraft.

According to ANI, the IX2718 flight of Air India Express which left from Bengaluru earlier this month, was forced to return and land on August 3 due to a technical problem.

Airline apologizes for inconvenience

The airline spokesperson clarified that as a precaution, the aircraft was kept in the air for some time to burn fuel before a safe return and reduce its weight during landing as a precaution. The airline regretted the inconvenience and reiterated its full commitment to maintain the highest security standards.

A spokesperson said in an official statement, “A flight from Bangalore returned due to technical fault. The aircraft made a round to lose fuel and weight before safe landing. We are sorry for this inconvenience.

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Dholpur -gra expressway: The work of constructing an 88 km long Greenfield Express- to connect Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh with Agra in Uttar Pradesh is going to start. Once it is built, the distance between these two cities will be reduced considerably. This road will pass through three states- Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Road construction work will start from November

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has given the contract to build this 88.400 km long Greenfield Expressway to a company in Udaipur, which will start the work of making Expressway from November this year. It is expected to be ready by the year 2028.

To build the road, NHAI has also completed land acquisition work in Morena, Agra and Dholpur. This expressway will start from Nirawali Tiraha in Gwalior and will go to Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Agra. An interchange will also be made to connect it to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Kota.

The distance between Agra-Gwalior decreased

Land has been acquired for this six-lane expressway, 14 villages of Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Rajasthan and 30 villages of Madhya Pradesh. Along with this Greenfield Expressway Project, the company will also have to repair the National Highway 44 connecting Gwalior to Agra. Where it takes about three hours from Gwalior to Agra or Agra to Gwalior.

At the same time, after the construction of this project, the distance between the two cities will be reduced by half an hour to reduce in just one and a half hours. People living in Dimani, Abah and Porsa region will benefit the most from this because till now they have to complete 130 kilometers to go to Agra in about 4 hours, while now it will take only 90 minutes.

This will be so much spent in building Greenfield Expressway

A full Rs 4,612.65 crore will be spent to build the Greenfield Expressway. It will have 42 underpasses, eight large and 23 small bridges, five elevated wire, six flyovers and a railway overbridge. GPS based toll system and advance traffic management system will also be installed in the expressway. Trains will run at a speed of 100 km per hour on the expressway.

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Mp cabinet meeting in indore: The Madhya Pradesh government has approved the proposal of a law to develop 5 cities of Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Gwalior as metropolitan areas, so that these cities can be developed rapidly. This decision has been taken on Tuesday.

An officer gave information about this. He said that the proposal of Madhya Pradesh Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Act 2025 was approved in the cabinet meeting held at the historic Palace in Indore. The cabinet has decided to create a metropolitan authority for planned development around the five major cities of Madhya Pradesh.

Chief Minister of these authorities

Officials said that two metropolitan development authorities will be set up in the first phase. The first Metropolitan Development Authority will be made by mixing parts of Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Dhar and Shajapur districts, while the second body will be established by mixing parts of Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Vidisha and Biura. According to officials, the Chief Minister will be the chairman of these authorities.

What did Chief Minister Mohan Yadav say?

On this decision taken for the development of cities, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said, “In the cabinet meeting held in Rajbada, our government has taken far -reaching and public welfare decisions which will be seen in many centuries to come. The Chief Minister said that the first time after the independence of the country, the cabinet meeting was held in Rajbada, Indore for the first time after independence of the country.

The state government held a cabinet meeting in Rajbada to the conclusion of the 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai, the ruler of the former Holkar dynasty of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The palace was decorated in its historical grandeur. Indore East has been the capital of Holkar rulers, and Rajbada was the palace of these rulers. It was built about 200 years ago and is a tourist destination in the city. The architecture of Rajbada, which belongs to the cultural identity of Indore, is a mixture of many forms and architectural, including the French, Maratha and Mughal style. This wood and stone building is located in the middle of the city.

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Gwalior news: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia compared abroad and said that India is the only country in the US and European country where 15% of women are serving as pilots. He also communicated with the girl students.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia arrived at Vijayaraje Scindia Government Postgraduate College of Gwalior to participate in the program. He also communicated with the girl students. On this occasion, while addressing the students from the stage, he said that his life Amma used to say that if the country is to be moved forward, then women will have to come in the first line.

She also said that it is also a matter of pride for the country that India is the only country in America and European countries where 15% of women pilots, which are currently flying fighter aircraft, are also blowing women of the country.

When Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia interacted with the girl students, they also asked whether they are getting the benefit of the government’s schemes or not. The students said that the government is doing good work. On this, Scindia also said that he has to become a higher officer while continuing further studies.

‘I saw Rajmata Scindia in every student’

While sharing this through social media, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia wrote, “I saw the same distant vision of my life, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia in every student of the college, from an India where educated and strong women are constantly on the path of progress and bring the country to new heights.”

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