GoM on Gr Noida airport set up

New Delhi: Days after the BSP extended support to the UPA during the Opposition-sponsored cut motions in Parliament, the Centre has moved to convene a meeting of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the UP government’s proposal to set up an international airport at Greater Noida.
The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, was constituted last week, and will meet on May 5. Other members of the reconstituted GoM are Law Minister Veerappa Moily, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. The matter had been discussed by an earlier GoM set up by the previous UPA regime, but had failed to come to any conclusion.
The UP government wants the airport some 80 km from the Capital at Jewar, to be called the Taj International Aviation Hub. Chief Minister Mayawati has been pushing for it for long, and has submitted a techno-feasibility study to the Centre. UP has already identified 1,500 hectares for the project, which was then estimated to cost Rs 3,505 crore.
The GMR-led consortium that operates the Delhi airport had however, objected strongly, citing its Operations Management and Development Agreement with the AAI, which says that no airport can be built within 150 km of the existing airport at Delhi.
01/05/10 Swaraj Thapa/Indian Express

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