Centre green signal to Noida airport; ball now on GoM court

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday referred the issue of building a greenfield airport in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, to a group of ministers (GoM) to decide on legal matters and look into the right of first refusal (RoFR) clause that can be exercised by the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which is modernising Delhi’s IGI Airport.
The Rs 5,000-crore Taj International Aviation Hub (TIAH), expected to come up in the Zevar area of Greater Noida—about 60 km from the national Capital—has been in the news with the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh voraciously lobbying for it.
A meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, before referring the matter to a GoM, approved the state government’s proposal in-principle.
The proposed airport is allegedly in violation of an agreement between the civil aviation ministry and DIAL that was signed when the latter took over the management operations of the IGI. According to the agreement, no airport can come up within a 150-km radius of IGI.
Mayawati had also met the Prime Minister to make a point on the need of the airport.
03/01/08 Financial Express

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