Infrastructure
Noida International Airport: Uttar Pradesh Begins Land Acquisition Proceedings For Second Phase
- The work on the country’s biggest airport will be completed in four phases. As per the concession agreement, the first phase for 12 million passengers per annum is to be completed by September 2024.
A graphic rendering of the upcoming Noida International Airport terminal building.
The proposed Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, which is expected to be complete six months ahead of schedule, has reached another level in speed of its execution as proceedings have begun for land acquisition for the airport's second phase.
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has sent a proposal to the Uttar Pradesh state government for the acquisition of land for the second phase of NIA, officials said on Monday (14 November).
The second phase of the greenfield airport is planned in an area of 1,365 hectares, of which around 1,185 hectares are owned by private persons, including farmers, of six villages, the officials said.
The land is being acquired in accordance with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
"The government may shortly issue a notification under Section 11 and then under Section 15 of the law for further proceedings,” Additional District Magistrate (land acquisition) Balram Singh told PTI.
Section 11 of the law details the process for publication of preliminary notification for acquisition after the consent of at least 70 per cent of land owners while Section 15 provides for raising of objections, if any, related to land acquisition.
The land is to be acquired from the six villages of Ranhera, Kureb, Dayanatpur, Karauli Bangar, Mundrah and Birampur in Jewar, some 75 km off Delhi, according to an official.
Noida International Airport: India’s Biggest
Noida International Airport (NIA) is the upcoming greenfield airport at Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh which will enhance domestic as well as international connectivity to and from Delhi NCR, Noida and Western UP.
The project spread across an area of 5,000 acres, is being developed by Zurich Airport International AG (ZAIA) at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crore.
In November last year, the Swiss Airport company won the contract to build and operate the airport.
The Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) has selected Tata Projects Ltd. to undertake the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of Noida International Airport.
The construction work on the site started only in June 2022 after the selection of the EPC agency.
Earlier, Arun Vir Singh, chief executive officer (CEO) of NIA said that the phase-1 of the project is six months ahead of schedule.
(With inputs from PTI)
