Flight To Kuppam: Zero IQ Analysis By Sakshi & I-PAC

Former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been touring the Kuppam constituency for the last couple of days. Addressing a public meeting the other day, he promised people to construct an airport in Kuppam so that the vegetables grown there can be exported to other countries.

Immediately after the analysis, YSR Congress’s Social Media wings sprang into action and mocked Naidu for promising an airport for a small town like Kuppam and for the talk about exporting vegetables using flights.

There is a large-scale trolling by I-PAC teams and Sakshi also picked it up.

But the fact is that these people do not have minimum knowledge about what Naidu promised.

Promising an airport to Kuppam does not mean a Passenger or International Airport. Small Cargo Airstrips are quite common across the globe where cargo planes are serviced. These planes are used for transportation of Perishable goods and e-commerce services.

What are Perishable goods? – In Kuppam, a huge majority of the public makes a living on growing vegetables. But you know, the vegetable prices fluctuate so much. For example, if Tomato is just 10 Rupees in Andhra Pradesh, it can have a good price in another state or country.

But it is not possible to transport Tomato using lorries or ships in a short time. At this juncture, these small airports will help.

If there is feasibility, they can be upgraded to domestic airports as well. But then, the close proximity to Chennai and Tirupati may rule it out.

The Noida Airport near Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh was envisioned with the same objective to help the local farmers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself laid the foundation stone in November 2021.

“Farmers in the region will be able to export perishable goods like vegetables, fruits, fish and produce directly to the world,” PM Modi told the public attended the meeting.

It is understandable that I-PAC and their social media teams do not have the IQ to understand all this. But it is a surprise that Sakshi does not even have a single journalist who knows this.