New Delhi: The maddening rush of passengers at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) may take longer to ease as plans for a second such facility in Delhi-NCR have run into serious land acquisition troubles.
The proposed international airport at Greater Noida's Jewar is "impossible" to meet its 2022 completion deadline, top officials have indicated to Mail Today.
The latest deadline for the first phase of land takeover for the planned Noida International Greenfield Airport project was December 15, 2018, but angry farmers have so far not ceded any ground.
The Rs 6,700-crore project needs 5,000 hectares of land earmarked along the Yamuna Expressway. In the first phase, 1,334 hectares was to be acquired. The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration, the nodal agency for the project on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government, is yet to begin acquiring land.
"Consequently, the project's construction will take even longer to start. The 2022 completion deadline seems impossible," said a top official.
The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) and the UP government have a stake of 37.5 per cent each in the joint venture created for the project. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) have a stake of 12.5 per cent each.
For the past eight months, officials have been racing against time to address compensation demands of farmers to be impacted by the project at Jewar, 60 km from Delhi. "The 1,334 hectares of land will be acquired by February-end. Farmers have not given their complete approval. Once a consensus is reached, the first phase of land acquisition process for the proposed airport at Jewar will be completed," said BN Singh, District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar.
In the first phase, the administration needs to acquire land in six villages - Rohi, Parohi, Banwari Bas, Dayanatpur, Kishorpur, and Ranhera.
26/01/19 Kanika Mehta/India Today
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The proposed international airport at Greater Noida's Jewar is "impossible" to meet its 2022 completion deadline, top officials have indicated to Mail Today.
The latest deadline for the first phase of land takeover for the planned Noida International Greenfield Airport project was December 15, 2018, but angry farmers have so far not ceded any ground.
The Rs 6,700-crore project needs 5,000 hectares of land earmarked along the Yamuna Expressway. In the first phase, 1,334 hectares was to be acquired. The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration, the nodal agency for the project on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government, is yet to begin acquiring land.
"Consequently, the project's construction will take even longer to start. The 2022 completion deadline seems impossible," said a top official.
The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) and the UP government have a stake of 37.5 per cent each in the joint venture created for the project. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) have a stake of 12.5 per cent each.
For the past eight months, officials have been racing against time to address compensation demands of farmers to be impacted by the project at Jewar, 60 km from Delhi. "The 1,334 hectares of land will be acquired by February-end. Farmers have not given their complete approval. Once a consensus is reached, the first phase of land acquisition process for the proposed airport at Jewar will be completed," said BN Singh, District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar.
In the first phase, the administration needs to acquire land in six villages - Rohi, Parohi, Banwari Bas, Dayanatpur, Kishorpur, and Ranhera.
26/01/19 Kanika Mehta/India Today
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