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Airports Authority of India said that the Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) was exported to London from the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam, via an Air India flight. The 250 kg consignment of king chillies was sourced from Tening, part of Peren district, Nagaland and was packed at an APEDA assisted packhouse at Guwahati.
India s hottest chilies, Bhut Jolokia make their way to London.Yesterday, a consignment of 250kgs of Naga Chili, procured from Nagaland was flagged off for the first time from Guwahati @aaigauairport Cargo Complex with all Plant quarantine clearance to London through @airindiain. pic.twitter.com/OpkzKziXmO Airports Authority of India (@AAI Official) July 29, 2021
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The AAI had earlier in 2018-19 and 2006 leased out airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru for development in PPP mode.
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BHUBANESWAR: Centre has decided to develop six airports including the Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar in public private partnership (PPP) mode. Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh informed this in Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question from BJD MP Subash Singh.
The Minister said that the board of Airports Authority of India (AAI) approved leasing out of six airports at Bhubaneswar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Raipur, Indore and Trichy for undertaking operations, management and development through PPP mode in its 190th meeting on September 5, 2019.
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Guwahati/Kohima–“Bhut/”Bhoot Jolokia”, one of the hottest chillis in the world, was on Wednesday exported, for the first time, from Guwahati to London.
Similar to “Naga jolokia”, “Raja Mirchi”, “Naga Morich” and “King chilli”, grown in Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur, it was declared the hottest chilli pepper in the world by Guinness World Records in 2007.
Airports Authority of India officials said that the chilli was formally exported to London from the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati via an Air India flight.
AAIs Regional Executive Director Ravi Kant said that this occasion is special, because “Bhut Jolokia”, which has been conferred a GI tag for being the unique product of the northeast India, is getting exported from this region.