The proposed greenfield airport at Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, may hit the skids again with the civil aviation ministry asking for a joint feasibility study to be conducted by the state and central governments.
The Jewar airport in Greater Noida has been hanging fire since 2001. It is yet to get a formal no-objection certificate (NOC) from the ministry of defence on account of the adjoining areas housing Indian Air Force bases as well as some missile units.
The fresh move may further delay the ambitious project close to the national capital from taking off, according to an aviation ministry official who requested anonymity.
This comes in the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held next year.
A techno-economic feasibility study has already been done and submitted to the central government by the state. The Uttar Pradesh government has prepared a detailed project report as per the Greenfield Airport Policy, 2008.
The defence ministry’s approval for the project is required to ensure safe and easy air navigation services, the official further explained.
A greenfield airport is not normally allowed to be built within a distance of 150km from the nearest existing airport unless there is a definite need to divert fast-growing air traffic. Besides Jewar, the aviation ministry has also approved another airport at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, which is within a 100km radius of the nearest Delhi airport.
19/08/16 Sanjay Singh/VCCircle
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The Jewar airport in Greater Noida has been hanging fire since 2001. It is yet to get a formal no-objection certificate (NOC) from the ministry of defence on account of the adjoining areas housing Indian Air Force bases as well as some missile units.
The fresh move may further delay the ambitious project close to the national capital from taking off, according to an aviation ministry official who requested anonymity.
This comes in the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held next year.
A techno-economic feasibility study has already been done and submitted to the central government by the state. The Uttar Pradesh government has prepared a detailed project report as per the Greenfield Airport Policy, 2008.
The defence ministry’s approval for the project is required to ensure safe and easy air navigation services, the official further explained.
A greenfield airport is not normally allowed to be built within a distance of 150km from the nearest existing airport unless there is a definite need to divert fast-growing air traffic. Besides Jewar, the aviation ministry has also approved another airport at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, which is within a 100km radius of the nearest Delhi airport.
19/08/16 Sanjay Singh/VCCircle
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