Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Noida International Greenfield Airport, also known as Jewar airport on Thursday. The airport will be located about 50 Kilometres south of Noida and would be accessible through Yamuna Expressway. The airport will have a capacity to serve 1.2 passengers per year and its work is expected to be completed by 2024.
The Prime Minister will take part in the bhoomi pujan at 1 PM on Thursday. He tweeted and informed,
Tomorrow, 25th November is a major day for India’s and Uttar Pradesh’s strides in infra creation. At 1 PM, the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport will be laid. This project will significantly boost commerce, connectivity and tourism. https://t.co/8sSa8R1aFl
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 24, 2021
This will be the first net-zero emissions airport of India. Through facilitating seamless movement of industrial products, the Jewar airport will also play a crucial role in boosting rapid industrial growth of the region, which includes cities like Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Faridabad, Agra and small towns like Palwal, Bulandshahr, Khurja and Sikandrabad. The government of India is targeting to make the airport the logistics gateway of northern India which would help establish Uttar Pradesh on the global logistics map.
Where is Noida International Airport Located?
The airport is located near the town of Jewar, in Uttar Pradesh, approximately 57 kilometres away from Noida. It would take about an hour of driving on the Yamuna expressway to reach to the airport. The approximate time that the residents of Noida take to reach the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi's Dwarka is over an hour and a half.