UP government has recently sanctioned an amount of Rs 1260 crore for acquisition of land the proposed Noida International airport in Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar along the 165km Yamuna Expressway. A state government notice reads, “The amount released in the first phase of airport construction, will be spent for land acquisition and payment will be made to the concerned farmers.”
The officials have informed that a total of 5,000-hectare land is required for the development of the proposed Greenfield international airport and cost will be between Rs. 15,000 crore to Rs. 20,000 crore. 1,239-hectare land will be required from 6 villages (Rohi, Dayanatpur, Parohi, Kishorpur, Ranhera and Banwariwas).
In a letter to the director of state Civil Aviation Ministry, Special Secretary, Surya Pal Gangwar wrote, “The Governor has approved sanction of Rs. 1,259 crore for the acquisition of land for the Jewar Airport in the financial year 2018-19.” Special Secretary Surya Pal Gangwar wrote in a letter to the director of state Civil Aviation Ministry.”
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials of the Noida International Airport Limited and the Gautam Budh Nagar administration to speed-up the work on the airport.
UP government had issued a notification for the acquisition of land for the greenfield project in the district under Section 11 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 on October 30. The Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), formed by the government to develop the airport, will invite bids for the project.
This airport will be the second in the NCR after Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Some landowners, including farmers, had initially resisted the land acquisition citing various reasons such as an “inadequate” compensation amount and related benefits, besides the resettlement policy.