Govt has given an approval to construct airport near Noida

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Paving the way for construction of International airport at Jewar Central Government has given an approval “in principle” to the Uttar Pradesh Government’s proposal  to construct airport near Noida in a meeting held in New Delhi on Monday. Director Civil Aviation Surya Pal Gangwar said in a statement here that the steering committee that met in New Delhi gave its approval. In that meeting UP Government was represented by a delegation of officials led by Principal secretary Civil Aviation SP Goyal. He said the central government had already given site clearance for the said project. Yamuna Expressway has been appointed as the nodal agency for this project.

 The DPR and Techno-Economics Feasibility Report (TEFR) of this project was prepared by Price Water House Consultant Company. As per this report 1441 hectare of land spread over in eight villages will be acquired. The proposed airport will be built at PPP model at a cost of Rs 15754 crore. “The proposed airport will have two run ways and will have a capacity to handle 70 million passengers annually,” Gangwar said adding that this airport will be made operational by 2020.