Law, aviation ministries discuss hurdles before Noida airport

Two months after it was referred to a group of ministers, the process for approving a second airport at Delhi’s outskirts in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar is making some headway with the law ministry and civil aviation ministry preparing a framework to overcome the legal complications that could emerge as a consequence of such a permit.
A second airport within 150km of aerial distance from an existing one is not permitted under the old rules, but exceptions such as the Navi Mumbai airport outside Mumbai have been granted in the past over growing traffic.
The Jewar airport, which falls under the Gautam Buddh Nagar district that includes Noida and Greater Noida, lies east of capital Delhi, and will require 1,500ha of land and an investment of Rs3,505 crore (besides the cost of land). It will be developed through a private partner with a 74% stake, with the balance 26% equally split between airport regulator Airports Authority of India and the Uttar Pradesh government-owned Taj Expressway Authority.
26/03/08 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

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