It’s official now. Uttar Pradesh will get an international airport at Gautam Buddha Nagar. The Centre had sent the approval to the UP Government last week asking it to prepare DPR as per Greenfield Airport policy, 2008.
“We have crossed all hurdles. The Centre has approved construction of an international airport at Jewar. We have sent the approval to the UP Government last week and asked them to prepare a DPR,” Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahesh Sharma told The Pioneer on Friday.
Though the Centre has approved the project, it needs to be ratified by the Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet. Once approved, this airport will be built under Design Build Finance Operate Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
“Earlier, Airport Authority of India raised a red flag over construction of international airport at Jewar saying it cannot be constructed within a radius of 150 km of international airport in national Capital. Once this rule was changed the Civil Aviation Ministry approved the proposal to have the international airport at Jewar,” the Minister said.
Jawer is 100 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and falls in Gautam Budh Nagar, which incidentally is parliamentary constituency of Sharma.
The Jewar airport was proposed in 2001 when Mayawati was Chief Minister. Mayawati had vigorously pushed for it. Even the techno-feasibility study had been conducted and submitted to the Centre for action and bidding document prepared. Her regime had even planned to get the airport operational before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The project was estimated to cost nearly Rs 3,500 crore spanning about 3,700 acres and handle 4 million passengers annually.
When Akhilesh came to power in 2012 he scrapped the Jewar airport project and pitched for an airport in Agra to cater the Taj Mahal-Braj tourist circuit. The Government had even identified land near Etmadpur, about 16 km from Agra City, for the mega project.
02/04/16 The Pioneer
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“We have crossed all hurdles. The Centre has approved construction of an international airport at Jewar. We have sent the approval to the UP Government last week and asked them to prepare a DPR,” Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahesh Sharma told The Pioneer on Friday.
Though the Centre has approved the project, it needs to be ratified by the Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet. Once approved, this airport will be built under Design Build Finance Operate Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
“Earlier, Airport Authority of India raised a red flag over construction of international airport at Jewar saying it cannot be constructed within a radius of 150 km of international airport in national Capital. Once this rule was changed the Civil Aviation Ministry approved the proposal to have the international airport at Jewar,” the Minister said.
Jawer is 100 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and falls in Gautam Budh Nagar, which incidentally is parliamentary constituency of Sharma.
The Jewar airport was proposed in 2001 when Mayawati was Chief Minister. Mayawati had vigorously pushed for it. Even the techno-feasibility study had been conducted and submitted to the Centre for action and bidding document prepared. Her regime had even planned to get the airport operational before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The project was estimated to cost nearly Rs 3,500 crore spanning about 3,700 acres and handle 4 million passengers annually.
When Akhilesh came to power in 2012 he scrapped the Jewar airport project and pitched for an airport in Agra to cater the Taj Mahal-Braj tourist circuit. The Government had even identified land near Etmadpur, about 16 km from Agra City, for the mega project.
02/04/16 The Pioneer
