Aviation boost in Uttar Pradesh! The UP government in its 2021-22 budget has made a provision of Rs 2,000 crore for the expansion of the Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar, along with the announcement of setting up an ‘electronic city’ near the airport. To increase the number of airstrips at the airport from two to six, the state government has allocated Rs 2,000 crore. While the work is underway on the first phase of the project, the airport is to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 30,000 crore. On completion, it will be the largest airport in the country. For the completion of the first phase of the Jewar airport, the scheduled deadline is 2023, according to an IE report.
The entire construction of the airport will take place in four phases. To build the proposed airport in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi, Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International AG has won the contract. While the upcoming Jewar airport is expected to come up on a land of about 5,000 hectares, so far 1,334 hectares of land has been acquired by the government, for which the two runways will be developed in the initial phase. Besides, additional land of 50 hectares will be acquired for the rehabilitation of those displaced by the airport project. The rest of the land would be acquired in a phased manner.
