Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bihar's Purnea district next week to inaugurate an airport and launch development schemes worth around Rs 45,000 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said on Wednesday.

Choudhary spoke to journalists in the north Bihar town after reviewing preparations for the PM's tour scheduled on September 15. He said, "Modi, in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will declare the airport open for routine flights, which has been a long-standing demand of the people of the area. Purnea airport boasts of the largest runway in Bihar".