The proposal to develop a new airport at Jewar in Greater Noida might finally see the light of the day with the civil aviation ministry looking at tweaking the norms to allow a second greenfield airport within a 150-km radius of an existing one.
Mahesh Sharma, who took charge as minister of state for civil aviation, said on Wednesday: “Strategically, Noida and Greater Noida have great industrial potential and, therefore, infrastructure would be needed which would also generate more jobs. Therefore, there is a need to develop an airport in this belt… The new airport project in Jewar is an important project. It has to be discussed in the wider interest of the nation. The airport is not a project of Mayawati or Mulayam Singh, but of India.”
The Jewar airport proposal was first mooted in 2001 by the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh, and later pushed by his successor Mayawati.
13/11/14 Business Standard
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Mahesh Sharma, who took charge as minister of state for civil aviation, said on Wednesday: “Strategically, Noida and Greater Noida have great industrial potential and, therefore, infrastructure would be needed which would also generate more jobs. Therefore, there is a need to develop an airport in this belt… The new airport project in Jewar is an important project. It has to be discussed in the wider interest of the nation. The airport is not a project of Mayawati or Mulayam Singh, but of India.”
The Jewar airport proposal was first mooted in 2001 by the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh, and later pushed by his successor Mayawati.
13/11/14 Business Standard
