Itanagar, July 18 -- The Arunachal Pradesh government has urged the Centre to fulfil its earlier assurances on expanding air connectivity in the state, ahead of the scheduled inauguration of the new terminal building at Donyi Polo Airport.

State Civil Aviation Minister Balo Raja made the appeal through a letter addressed to Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu. The letter, a copy of which was shared with the media on Thursday, referred to commitments made during meetings held in New Delhi in March and May this year.

"You had kindly assured us of introducing new flight services to additional southern cities and also of commencing daily services between Itanagar and Delhi in parallel with the inauguration of the airport'...