PATNA, May 21 -- Gaya Ji, a religiously famed town of Bihar, is set pop up on the international flight routes with the state government on Wednesday giving its commitment to pay up to Rs.10.40 crore to the InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which operates IndiGo flight, as viability gap funding (VGF) for a period of one year.

The payment of VGF to IndiGo was approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Samrat Choudhary, in which a total of 13 proposals were cleared.

Briefing media persons after the meeting, additional chief secretary, cabinet, Arvind Kumar Chaudhary said that the IndiGo was selected to operate a biweekly fight between Gaya and Bangkok, as it happened to be sole bidder for the route. "The state government has select...