Cabinet may decide on Noida airport today

New Delhi: The capital’s second airport on the outskirts at Greater Noida is likely to seek approval of the Union cabinet today. With an investment of Rs3,505 crore spread over various phases excluding the cost of land, it is one of the most keenly watched airport project along with one at Navi Mumbai that has already been approved by the government.
If approved by the cabinet, the Uttar Pradesh government-backed Noida airport will be the country’s second largest airport in land size—next only to the existing New Delhi airport—at 3,700 acres and is likely to support the growing traffic in the national capital region. However, given the fact that the existing New Delhi airport was restructured as recent as last year, said a senior civil aviation ministry official, who did not wished to be named, by an empowered-group of ministers (eGoM) which included the then defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, finance minister P. Chidambaram, commerce minister Kamal Nath and civil aviation minister Praful Patel, the aviation ministry may request the same GoM to look into the feasibility of a second airport.
06/12/07 Livemint

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