Centre gives wings to international airport in Jewar

Noida International Airport likely to be operational within six years, will be built to handle 30-50 million passengers per year

A second airport in the National Capital Region (NCR) will become a reality in the next five years as the Centre gave its nod to develop a “world class” international airport in Greater Noida’s Jewar region in UttarPradesh.

The clearance for the long-pending airport project was given by the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s Steering Committee, which met on Friday. The panel gave its nod after taking inputs from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Defence Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the NITI Aayog.

Jewar airport will be the first big ticket investment for Uttar Pradesh after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won election in the state in March this year.

The ministry also expects this airport to give a boost to connectivity in the whole of western Uttar Pradesh, which will give a boost to tourism and economic potential of the region.

This airport will not just address the aviation needs of Delhi airport but also a number of major cities like Agra, Bulandsahar, Meerut

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/centre-gives-wings-to-international-airport-in-jewar/article19143093.ece

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