LUCKNOW, June 15 -- As many as 172 farmers, many of whom sold their land which was acquired to facilitate the Noida International Airport project at Jewar, will board the airport's first flight to Lucknow on Monday before meeting chief minister Yogi Adityanath in the state capital.

The flight from the Jewar airport to Lucknow will carry farmers along with Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh.

"This is the first occasion when farmers whose land contributed to the construction of an airport are travelling on the very first flight operating from it," the BJP MLA said.

"The chief minister has fulfilled the dream of seeing farmers board an aircraft from the airport built on land connected to their villages," Singh said.

The MLA also linked the event ...