New Delhi: The Rs 4,000-crore Alwar Aerotropolis, the flagship airport project of the $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), is unlikely to take off as the civil aviation ministry has red-flagged its implications on passenger and cargo traffic at the capital's international airport that is just 100 kms away as the crow flies.
This could make Alwar the second jinxed airport plan near the National Capital Region, after the Greater Noida airport that was quietly buried last May after eleven years of planning. For the industrial corridor, India's big idea to spur manufacturing with world-class infrastructure and seven new cities, a setback to the Alwar airport may damage its viability. Proposed to span 24 square kilometers with business parks and logistics hubs surrounding the main airport, the Alwar Aerotropolis is one of the biggest 'early bird' projects for the DMIC that is being created through Japanese assistance.
The project site has been approved by the Rajasthan government and has received a no-objection certificate from the defence ministry. The only hitch holding up the airport now is its distance from the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport - 140-odd kms by road and 100 kms aerially.
04/05/13 Yashodhara Dasgupta & Dilasha Seth/Economic Times
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This could make Alwar the second jinxed airport plan near the National Capital Region, after the Greater Noida airport that was quietly buried last May after eleven years of planning. For the industrial corridor, India's big idea to spur manufacturing with world-class infrastructure and seven new cities, a setback to the Alwar airport may damage its viability. Proposed to span 24 square kilometers with business parks and logistics hubs surrounding the main airport, the Alwar Aerotropolis is one of the biggest 'early bird' projects for the DMIC that is being created through Japanese assistance.
The project site has been approved by the Rajasthan government and has received a no-objection certificate from the defence ministry. The only hitch holding up the airport now is its distance from the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport - 140-odd kms by road and 100 kms aerially.
04/05/13 Yashodhara Dasgupta & Dilasha Seth/Economic Times
