The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has started working on Jewar airport and has written to the aviation ministry to conduct a technical evaluation of the site.
The land required for Jewar Airport on Yamuna Expressway near Noida can be acquired in six months after the Center clears the project, CEO of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) Arun Vir Singh said.
Jewar airport in Greater Noida will act as a second airport in the national capital of Delhi.
In fact, two airports at Amarawati and Vijayawada are now being developed just 80km of each other.
But what really tilted the scales in favour of Jewar airport is chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath’s push. Within days of taking over, he asked his officials to go ahead and draw up plans and take the Centre’s permission.