With the government’s stress on increasing air connectivity and developing more no-frills airports across the country, the newly appointed minister of state for civil aviation, Mahesh Sharma, indicated that the government will look to change the existing policy of a second airport not being allowed within 150-km from an existing airport.
While Sharma is mooting for a new international airport in the National Capital Region — at Jewar in Greater Noida — it is in violation of the “policy on airport infrastructure of India” that does not allow a second airport within a 150-km radius of an existing airport – the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi in this case.
Sharma said the infrastructure in Delhi is not sufficient, and a new airport close to the National Capital would help. “The new airport project in Jewar in Noida is an important project. The project has to be discussed in the wider interest of the nation,” he said on Wednesday.
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While Sharma is mooting for a new international airport in the National Capital Region — at Jewar in Greater Noida — it is in violation of the “policy on airport infrastructure of India” that does not allow a second airport within a 150-km radius of an existing airport – the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi in this case.
Sharma said the infrastructure in Delhi is not sufficient, and a new airport close to the National Capital would help. “The new airport project in Jewar in Noida is an important project. The project has to be discussed in the wider interest of the nation,” he said on Wednesday.
13/11/14 Indian Express
