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  • Land acquisition plan for 2nd phase of Jewar Airport ready

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration is ready with the final proposal for the land acquisition for the second phase of upcoming Noida International airport project. The administration is set to send the proposal to the Uttar Pradesh government soon. The airport, which is being developed in Jewar along the Yamuna Expressway, is touted to be the largest in Asia.

    After getting the proposal, the state government will issue a notification before the commencement of the land acquisition. As per Gautam Budhh Nagar DM Suhas LY, the district administration requires the consent of at least 70 per cent farmers whose land is being acquired for the project under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

    The sources claimed that with the consent of the farmers, the administration will forward the proposal to the state government in next couple of days. The official sources claimed that as per the law, the state government would issue a notification under Section 11 of the Act following which the process of rehabilitation and resettlement of farmers under Section 19 of the same Act and subsequently, proper procedure to acquire land for the project would begin.

    As per the social impact assessment of farmers conducted by a team from Gautam Buddha University, 3,800 families are likely to be displaced. A total of 1,363.45 hectares of land has to be handed over for the second phase of the project and 1,185.69 hectares of it is private.

    Land from six villages including Karoli Bangar, Kureb, Mundhera, Birampur, Dayanatpur and Ranhera, has to be acquired for the same.  The sources claimed that `2,891 crore is needed for the rehabilitation of land owners, of which the administration had already received `1,084 crore from the state government.The remaining amount would be arranged by the Noida, the Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority (Yeida).

    ‘Consent of 70% farmers required for project’As per Gautam Budhh Nagar DM Suhas LY, district administration requires the consent of at least 70% farmers whose land is being acquired for the project under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. 

    LUCKNOW:  The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration is ready with the final proposal for the land acquisition for the second phase of upcoming Noida International airport project. The administration is set to send the proposal to the Uttar Pradesh government soon. The airport, which is being developed in Jewar along the Yamuna Expressway, is touted to be the largest in Asia.

    After getting the proposal, the state government will issue a notification before the commencement of the land acquisition. As per Gautam Budhh Nagar DM Suhas LY, the district administration requires the consent of at least 70 per cent farmers whose land is being acquired for the project under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

    The sources claimed that with the consent of the farmers, the administration will forward the proposal to the state government in next couple of days. The official sources claimed that as per the law, the state government would issue a notification under Section 11 of the Act following which the process of rehabilitation and resettlement of farmers under Section 19 of the same Act and subsequently, proper procedure to acquire land for the project would begin.

    As per the social impact assessment of farmers conducted by a team from Gautam Buddha University, 3,800 families are likely to be displaced. A total of 1,363.45 hectares of land has to be handed over for the second phase of the project and 1,185.69 hectares of it is private.

    Land from six villages including Karoli Bangar, Kureb, Mundhera, Birampur, Dayanatpur and Ranhera, has to be acquired for the same.  The sources claimed that `2,891 crore is needed for the rehabilitation of land owners, of which the administration had already received `1,084 crore from the state government.
    The remaining amount would be arranged by the Noida, the Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority (Yeida).

    ‘Consent of 70% farmers required for project’
    As per Gautam Budhh Nagar DM Suhas LY, district administration requires the consent of at least 70% farmers whose land is being acquired for the project under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
     

  • PM Modi to inaugurate Uttar Pradesh’s fifth international airport on November 25

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh is set to become the first state in India to have five international airports, as PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar on November 25. 

    Earlier, it had two international airports in Lucknow and Varanasi. The third has come up in Kushinagar and a fourth in Ayodhya is likely to become operational early next year. This Noida airport — the second international airport to come up in Delhi-NCR — will help decongest the IGI Airport.  

    Spread over more than 1,300 hectares of land, the first phase of the airport will serve about 1.2 crore passengers annually. The first phase costing over Rs 10,050 crore is scheduled to be completed by 2024. 

  • Uttar Pradesh on its way to have five international airports, highest for any state

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh is set to get the highest number of international airports in the country, the state government said on Monday, ahead of the foundation laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport at Jewar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 25.

    The state, at present, has eight operational airports, while 13 airports and seven airstrips are being developed.

    “With the ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport scheduled on November 25, the state is now on its way to have five international airports – the highest for any state in India,” the BJP-led state government said in a statement.

    Uttar Pradesh had only two international airports – Lucknow and Varanasi – till 2012.

    The third international airport at Kushinagar became operational after it was inaugurated by Modi on October 20, while work on the airport in Ayodhya is on in full swing and air services are expected to start early next year, it said.

    The fifth international airport is to come up at Jewar near Noida in the National Capital Region (NCR), it said.

    “The unique distinction of Uttar Pradesh in providing unmatched air connectivity in the country is in keeping with the government’s commitment to ensure uninterrupted multi-modal connectivity on land, railways, water and air.”

    “The Prime Minister’s Gati Shakti National Master Plan has infused a sense of urgency into the plans for infrastructure development in the state,” the statement stated.

    The Plan is essentially a digital platform to bring 16 ministries, including railways and roadways, together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

    The Noida International Airport (NIA) is being constructed near the town of Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar in the NCR region in Uttar Pradesh.

    Its location is about 72 kilometres from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri, the statement said.

    The airport will have excellent multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), Eastern Peripheral Expressway and it will have link with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at Ballabhgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91.

    It will also have a link to Dedicated Freight corridor, Metro Extension from Noida to NIA and link with the proposed High Speed Rail (Delhi-Varanasi) at airport terminal.

    The phase-1 of the airport will have a capacity to serve 12 million passengers a year and is scheduled to be completed in 36 months, it added.

  • Jewar airport to receive additional 1,365 hectares as Yogi government clears proposal

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW:  The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a proposal for acquisition of another 1,365 hectare land in Jewar for the second phase of the upcoming Noida International Airport here on late Tuesday night.

    Work is currently underway for the first phase of development of the international airport, touted to be Asia’s biggest, in Jewar area in Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh.

    According to an official statement, the Cabinet also approved a proposal pertaining to expenditure of Rs 2,890 crore for the land acquisition along with resettlement and rehabilitation of people who will be affected by the expansion of the green field project.

    The green field airport with six runways is being developed in four phases and is proposed to be spread in an area of 5,000 hectare.

    The first phase of the project is coming up on over 1,300 hectare land and commercial operations from the airport are expected to begin by December 2023 or January 2024.

    Swiss-developer Zurich International Airport AG is developing the airport at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crore.

    The upcoming project’s development will be monitored by the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), a nodal agency set up by the UP government.

    In the first phase, the airport will have two runways and a capacity for handling 1crore 20 lakh passengers per annum.

    Once the project is completed, it will boast six runways and a capacity for handling 7 crore passengers per annum.