{
  "id": 18711,
  "title": "Bhogapuram airport built six months ahead of schedule: GMR Group Chairman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/bhogapuram-airport-built-six-months-ahead-of-schedule-gmr-group",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-02T00:09:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/bhogapuram-airport-built-six-months-ahead-of-schedule-gmr-group-chairman/article71294683.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "GMR Group Chairman Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao expressed immense joy and emotion while inaugurating the Bhogapuram international airport in Vizianagaram district on Saturday. A native of Rajam in Vizianagaram district, Rao brings extensive experience in the aviation sector to the GMR group. The airport, constructed six months ahead of the December deadline, was completed by the GMR group as part of their portfolio of airports in New Delhi, Hyderabad, and other locations across the country. Rao hailed the airport's potential to stimulate economic growth in the region, similar to the impact of the Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad. He expressed deep gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for their support in the swift construction of the airport, which he noted was built in his native district.",
  "summary": "The GMR group has constructed the new airport at Bhogapuram, the native district of Mr. Rao. The GMR group has constructed the airport six months in advance of the deadline of December, he said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Dhimsa ‘jamboree’ highlights tribal heritage of A.P. at Bhogapuram airport inaugural",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/dhimsa-jamboree-highlights-tribal-heritage-of-a-p-at-bhogapuram",
        "published": "2026-08-01T19:52:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}