The Uttar Pradesh government has issued a notification to carry out the 'social impact assessment' (SIA) for acquisition of another 2,053 hectare land for the third phase expansion of the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, according to officials.
A total of 1,888 hectare of land from 14 villages in Jewar tehsil of Gautam Buddh Nagar is to be acquired, and the SIA is scheduled to be carried out by Gautam Buddh University and completed by this August 30, Arun Vir Singh, the CEO of Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) said.
"The notification for acquisition of 2,053 hectare of land for the third phase expansion of the airport was issued last week. Land for the first phase (1,365 hectares) and second phase (1,334 hectares) has already been acquired," said Singh, who is also the CEO of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
"As per the development plan of the airport, three runways would be developed in the third phase of the project, in addition to three runways that would be built during the first and the second phases of construction," the IAS officer said.
Currently, the first phase construction work for the airport is underway and is scheduled to be completed for commercial operations by September 2024.
06/07/2023 PTI/Economic Times
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