She also said the previous Uttar Pradesh government under her regime had given new dimension to development with Taj International Airport and Ganga Expressway, but the then Congress government at the Centre created obstacles.
The Jewar airport will be the second international airport to come up in Delhi-NCR after the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The Noida International Airport, spread over 1,330 acres of land, will initially have two runways and Zurich Airport International AG (concessionaire) emerged as the winning bidder for developing the aerodrome.
The Noida International Airport, the second international aerodrome in Delhi-National Capital Region, is expected to be operational by September 2024.
The much-awaited project is being flagged off just weeks before the schedule of the UP Assembly elections is to be announced.
The airport is a key infrastructure project of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state, where the next assembly elections are expected in early 2022.
Due to its scale and capacity, the Noida Airport will be a gamechanger for UP and will unleash the potential of the state to the world.
India will come up with at least four new airports, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday. These will be constructed in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar and Jewar, Uttarakhand's Dehradun, Tripura's Agartala.
The YIAPL signed financing agreements with the State Bank of India (SBI) and Noida International Airport Ltd for financial close for the project.
The key pact, through which the land has been handed over to YIAPL, was signed at the Lok Bhavan in Lucknow with Civil Aviation Minister Nand Gopal Gupta.
A 100-bed COVID-19 care facility started in a community health centre in Gautam Buddh Nagar's rural Jewar area on Thursday with support from local authorities and foreign aid, BJP leader and local MLA Dhirendra Singh said.
The upcoming airport in Jewar of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar will be named Noida International Greenfield Airport. Located on the outskirts of Delhi, the airport will be built by Swiss developer Zurich Airport International.
Swiss developer Zurich Airport International has selected a four-company consortium to design the passenger terminal for the greenfield Noida airport in Jewar, one of its top officials said on Thursday.
The proposed bullet train project between Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan and Varanasi will have a stop at the proposed upcoming Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) said.
Work on Jewar airport could begin soon as the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) and Zurich Airport International AG on Wednesday signed a key agreement.
The Greater Noida administration on Thursday transferred Rs 32.42 crore into bank accounts of 554 farmers from six villages against the acquisition of their land for Jewar airport, officials said.
The Uttar Pradesh government in its Budget 2020-21, presented in the state Assembly on Tuesday, has laid emphasis on developing metro networks, airports and expressways, besides fixing a target to build four lakh houses for weaker sections by March 2021.
Zurich Airport International AG will soon be applying to Union Ministry of Home Affairs for security clearance as it plans to begin construction of the Jewar airport this year, officials said on Wednesday.
To make up for the loss, the forest department will be awarded money to plant 68,000 trees, besides being compensated with Rs 1.60 crore
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a government girls' degree college in Jewar, which is expected to come up at a cost of Rs 10 crore.
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