UP govt seeks financial help for Jewar airport

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has asked the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) to provide financial assistance to its proposed Jewar airport project. The bid document inviting concessionaires for the Jewar airport will be made public in August.

Sources in the ministry of housing and urban affairs said that the Yogi Adityanath government recently asked the NCRPB to provide financial assistance to its Jewar airport project.

It has been learnt, the board has made it clear that no funds would be provided for land acquisition.

“To get funds for the construction part or capital work, the state government will have to submit detailed project reports,” a senior officer told this newspaper.

The formalities pertaining to land acquisition are yet to be completed. The total cost of the project is estimated to be to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore.

The Jewar airport is billed to become the biggest airport in India in terms of area.

While the first phase of the project will involve construction of about 4,000 acres, follow-up phases will see construction on rest of the land, besides other services. The international airport is billed to cater to 30-50 million passengers every year over a period of next 10 to 15 years.

The area notified for the Noida airport is about 3,000 hectares and the first phase will be developed on 1,000 hectares.

The defence ministry has also cleared the proposal. The ministry of civil aviation had given its green signal for the proposed Jewar airport project to be constructed in Greater Noida last year. It will be the second airport in the NCR. This airport will not just address the aviation needs of Delhi airport, but also of the other cities like Agra, Mathura, Bulandshahr, and Meerut.