Dehradun, March 5 -- The central government has approved the flight operations from Dehradun to three major cities of the country-- Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, Varanasi and Punjab's Amritsar, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Tuesday.

The CM further said that all three services will be launched on March 6, Wednesday.

Chief Minister Dhami expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for the approval of all three services.

According to the chief minister's office, on the inauguration day, a plane will take off from Dehradun for Ayodhya at 9:40 am and reach Ayodhya at 11:30 am.

"On the same day, a flight will take off from Ayodhya at 12:15 pm and reach Dehradun at ...