Stating that the Navi Mumbai International Airport, which costs 18 billion rupees, will be completed by March 2025, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Saturday that 55 percent of the project work has already been completed. Airport Assignment (NMIAL), Scindia held an assembly with all stakeholders, adding officials from CIDCO and Adani Group.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting on Saturday, the Civil Aviation Minister said, “I had a review meeting with the concerned officials and took stock of the ongoing work of Navi Mumbai Airport. It’s a Rs 18,000-core project, 55 per cent of which has been completed till now. Commercially, this will be started by March 31, 2025. It will be a five-phased work. In the initial two phases, it will have a total of 2 crore people’s capacity and in all five phases, it will be a four-terminal and two-runway airport with a capacity of 9 crore people.” Scindia said that the airport will be connected by three roads.
“I want to thank the administration of Maharashtra for all their cooperation. This airport will be connected by three road routes, including the Sion Panvel Highway, Atal Setu and another road that will be directly connected to this airport,” he said. “I took a meeting for over an hour with all the stakeholders, including representatives of the state government, where I was assured by everyone that work would be done smoothly and in a timely manner,” Scindia added.
The Minister of Civil Aviation reported that the airport will have a domain of 1,600 hectares and more than 10 kilometers of domain of automated passenger movement. It will also be connected to a multimodal hub near the airport. “We expect and estimate that in the next six years, domestic passenger movement will double to reach 30 million passengers,” he added.
Regarding the timeframe for completing the construction of the airport, Scindia said: “We have a target for December 2024, but we have also maintained a 3-month cushion and expect the deadline to be March 2025. But I still hope it will be finished before the deadline and that December 2024 is still possible. “Meanwhile, on Friday, Scindia also inaugurated AAR-Indamer’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur.
Speaking at the inauguration, Scindia praised the expansion of the civil aviation sector in India and said that the sector has had a historic adventure. “Civil aviation has had a historic adventure in India and the industry is more than a hundred years old. The sector has grown in length and abundant proportions and offers great opportunities. Air India’s order for 470 aircraft, 250 from Airbus and 220 from “Boeing, and Indigo’s order for 500 aircraft are not only a testament to the capabilities of India’s civil aviation potential, but also indicate a long-term story that is about to unfold in India,” said the Minister of Civil Aviation.
Later, speaking to journalists, the Minister said: “. . . For a long time, foreign centers have been located in Eastern or Western countries. We need a foreign center in India. We are moving towards launching this in India. Delhi. ” The minister said they were holding talks with Delhi Airport, Air India and IndiGo.
“We are in talks with Delhi Airport, Air India and IndiGo. We are looking to build an architecture for domestic to foreign, foreign to domestic and domestic to domestic flights so that point-to-point traffic goes from India. toArray comes to India from Array and in the next few days, the traffic going from to to stops in India and then continues its journey,” the minister added. (ANI)
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