Noida International Airport will start work on the terminal building, first runway and air traffic control (ATC) tower from next month. This will be India’s first net-zero emission airport. The project is targeted to be completed by September 2024.
Chief Secretary and Chairman, Government of Uttar Pradesh Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) Board Durga Shankar Mishra chaired a meeting to review the development plan of the greenfield airport. Approval for the same was given on Wednesday and its cost Rs 5,730 crore has been earmarked for the project in the first phase.
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Airport nodal officer Shailendra Bhatia, who also attended the 13th meeting, said the airport’s master plan was passed on August 17, 2021, and the first phase of development is based on the master plan, reported PTI. has done.
Bhatia said in the report that whatever approvals are required with respect to financial closures, all approvals have been granted by the board, and now there is no impediment to the development works, which have to be done by the concessionaire.
According to Bhatia, the concessionaire will hire an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor and complete the construction work for the first phase by September 2024. In the first phase, the airport will have one fugitive with a handling capacity of 12 million. passengers annually.
In addition, Bhatia said that the work on the air traffic control (ATC) tower, terminal and runway will start next month. Also, he revealed that the ground level work and construction of the airport boundary wall is currently underway.
Bhatia said the development cost of the first phase is 5,730 crores.
The focus will be on developing green buildings at airport terminals and other buildings, while he also said that energy and water conservation factors are priorities along with digital technology.
Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar. This airport will be the second international airport to be built in Delhi NCR. This will help decongest the IGI airport. It is strategically located and will serve the people of cities including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighboring areas.
The PMO in a statement on November 23 last year said that spread over 1300 hectares of land, the first phase of the airport will have a capacity to serve around 12 million passengers in a year, and is nearing completion. till 2024.
It has earmarked dedicated land to be developed as a forest park using trees from the project site. During the construction of the airport, NIA will protect all the native species and remain nature positive.
In addition, the airport will also have a state-of-the-art MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhauling) service. The airport’s design focuses on low operating costs and seamless and fast transfer processes for passengers. The airport is introducing a swing aircraft stand concept, which provides flexibility for airlines to operate an aircraft for both domestic and international flights from a single contact stand, without having to re-position the aircraft. This will ensure quick and efficient aircraft turnaround at the airport while ensuring a smooth and seamless passenger transfer process.
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