Navi Mumbai international airport clears final hurdle

The steering committee of the Union Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday cleared the final hurdle for the Navi Mumbai international airport. The stamp of approval to the master plan was given at a meeting held in New Delhi.
A state official told Mumbai Mirror that the airport will be developed in four phases with 2014, 2017, 2025 and 2031 as deadlines. “We will have a capacity of 60 million passengers per annum by the end of 2031 as against 10 million passengers per annum at Mumbai international airport,'' said T C Benjamin, principal secretary of the State Urban Development Department, who was present at the meeting.
The Civil Aviation Ministry will now hold another meeting with CIDCO, which is the nodal agency for the airport project, within the next two months to select the Request for Proposal (RFQ) - the process of shortlisting developers for the project.
While clearing the airport project, Civil Aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi asked CIDCO to put on hold the proposed demolition of a hillock till the developer is finalised. CIDCO had sought permission to demolish the 92-metre hillock on the airport site.
17/05/11 Mumbai Mirror

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