Noida Airport: The construction of the runway and the air traffic control (ATC) tower at the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) are expected to be ready for use by March 2024. S P Goyal, the additional chief secretary to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and additional chief secretary, Civil Aviation, UP government, reviewed the progress of the greenfield project at the site on Friday.
In the review meeting, S P Goyal, the additional chief secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and additional chief secretary for Civil Aviation in the Uttar Pradesh government, was informed that approximately 7,200 workers are currently engaged in the construction of the airport, which is situated in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district.
Construction work of the ATC tower reviewed
"First of all, the construction work of the ATC tower was reviewed. The ATC tower is to be built with eight floors, out of which the work of six floors has been completed and the work of the last two floors is underway. The height of the ATC tower is 30 meters and the construction will be completed by February 2024,” the official release said.
"The construction work of the runway at the airport is almost 70 per cent complete. The airstrip work is targeted to be completed by February-March 2024," the statement added.
During the on-site review, Goyal was accompanied by Noida International Airport Limited CEO Arun Vir Singh and Noida International Airport CEO Christoph Schnellmann, COO Kiran Jain, District Magistrate Manish Verma, Yamuna Authority's officer-on-special duty Shailendra Bhatia, among others.
Took stock of interchange built by NHAI at Dayanatpur
Goyal also assessed the progress of the interchange construction carried out by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) at Dayanatpur, which is meant to provide connectivity to the airport. The NHAI officials assured that the construction of the road connecting the airport to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be completed as scheduled.
According to the statement, Goyal issued instructions to speed up the construction work and complete all the work within the stipulated period as per the concession agreement of the project.
Noida airport
The airport – billed to be India's largest upon completion – is scheduled to open for commercial operations by the end of next year after the first phase of development in over 1,300 hectares area.
The airport is being developed by the Yamuna International Airport Private Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of Zurich Airport International AG for the UP government. Tata Projects are the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partners on the project.
Being a digital airport, the NIA will provide a seamless and mostly contactless flow through the airport by means of integrated systems and services, including those provided by technology partners. This will be supported by technologies such as indoor geo-location, identity management, flow management, data mining and IoT.
The airport will open with a single runway and a terminal capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year. It is being developed on 1334 Ha of land. Up to the end of the concession in 2061, the airport will be developed with two parallel runways and additional terminal capacity to serve 70 million passengers. The masterplan also provides the option for growth beyond the first concession period of 40 years.
The NIA will provide air connectivity from Noida, the fastest growing business and commercial hub in India and other important NCR towns including Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad which offer a large market, agglomeration and migrating population.
The airport will also provide improved access from key cities in western Uttar Pradesh, which contributes about two-third of the state GDP. The airport has been a catalyst for industrial activity in the region, with the coming up of the AIT and manufacturing hub, with industrial corridors around Jewar.
(With PTI inputs)
