New Delhi (The
States. news) PM Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the
foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Gautam Buddha
Nagar of Uttar Pradesh.
With this Uttar Pradesh will soon become the only state in India to have five
international airports.
“The development of the airport is in line with the vision of the Prime
Minister towards boosting connectivity and creating a future-ready aviation
sector,” the official statement said.
This airport will be the second international airport to come up in Delhi NCR
and will help decongest the IGI Airport,” it said.
It is strategically located and will serve the people of cities including
Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighbouring areas and it
will bring new opportunities for numerous enterprises, and also create
tremendous employment opportunities.
The statement said the airport will be the logistics gateway of northern India
and due to its scale and capacity, the airport will be a gamechanger for UP.
For the first time, an airport in India has been conceptualised with an
integrated multi modal cargo hub, with a focus on reducing the total cost and
time for logistics.
The dedicated cargo terminal will have a capacity of 20 lakh metric tonne,
which will be expanded to 80 lakh metric tonnes.
“Through facilitating seamless movement of industrial products, the airport
will play a crucial role in helping the region attract huge investments, boost
rapid industrial growth, and enable reach of local products to national and
international markets,” the statement said.
“All major nearby roads and highways like the Yamuna Expressway, Western
Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
and others will be connected to the airport. The airport will also be linked to
the planned Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail, enabling the journey between Delhi
and airport in only 21 minutes,” it said.
The development of the first phase of the airport is being done with a cost of
over Rs 10,050 crore.
“Spread over more than 1300 hectares of land, the completed first phase of the
airport will have a capacity to serve around 1.2 crore passengers a year and
work on it is scheduled to be completed by 2024,” the official statement said. (uni)
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