AP: The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Extension of Runway project, at Rajahmundry Airport, Andhra Pradesh on September 19, 2016. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu, the Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Y.S. Chowdary and the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, Shri R.N. Choubey are also seen.