Noida Airport will transform Jewar – once a backward area MLA Dhirendra Singh

Noida Nov 25 PTI The Noida International Airport in Jewar will transform the region which has been considered backward in terms of development until recently local MLA Dhirendra Singh said on ThursdayEarlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Greenfield airport which is billed to be Asias biggest airport upon completion and expected to bring in investments worth over Rs 30000 crore in the regionSingh who has been credited with successfully negotiating land acquisition dialogues with local villagers for the airport said the project will usher in development and industrialisation in Jewar some 75 km off Delhi in western Uttar PradeshI want to thank all the people of Jewar Your support has made this day possible Your participation in todays programme with the prime minister and the chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been witnessed by all the BJP MLA saidThis region was backward and bereft of resources for employment This international airport which is going to be Asias biggest will open doors of development for Jewar he saidSingh who himself drove a tractor to the foundation-laying programme leading a convoy of supporters also lauded the locals for their enthused participation at the ceremony where several women were seen dancing to devotional tunesCivil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia who was at the foundation-laying event said the airport will fetch investments of over Rs 30000 crore and generate one lakh job opportunitiesThe airport is to be developed in an area of 5000 hectares with an overall estimated cost of Rs 30000 crore by Swiss concessionaire Zurich International Airports subsidiary Yamuna International Airport Private Limited YIAPL according to officialsThe first phase of the airport is to be developed in an area of over 1300 hectares at a cost of over Rs 10000 crore and should open for operations by September 2024 the officials saidThe land for the first phase of the project has been acquired under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013The law was formed after a major and acquisition controversy involving protests against the UP government in 2011 at the adjoining villages of Bhatta and Parsaul in Greater NoidaThe violence during the episode infamously remembered as the Bhatta-Parsaul case had led to death of three people close to Jewar where the airport is being developed According to the new law consent of more than 70 per cent villagers was required for the state government to move ahead with the land acquisition for the airport but negotiations often hit roadblock and the MLA played a key role in winning the support of villagers for the greenfield project according to people privy to the development PTI KIS ZMN

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November 26, 2021

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Noida Nov 25 PTI The Noida International Airport in Jewar will transform the region which has been considered backward in terms of development until recently local MLA Dhirendra Singh said on ThursdayEarlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Greenfield airport which is billed to be Asias biggest airport upon completion and expected to bring in investments worth over Rs 30000 crore in the regionSingh who has been credited with successfully negotiating land acquisition dialogues with local villagers for the airport said the project will usher in development and industrialisation in Jewar some 75 km off Delhi in western Uttar PradeshI want to thank all the people of Jewar Your support has made this day possible Your participation in todays programme with the prime minister and the chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been witnessed by all the BJP MLA saidThis region was backward and bereft of resources for employment This international airport which is going to be Asias biggest will open doors of development for Jewar he saidSingh who himself drove a tractor to the foundation-laying programme leading a convoy of supporters also lauded the locals for their enthused participation at the ceremony where several women were seen dancing to devotional tunesCivil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia who was at the foundation-laying event said the airport will fetch investments of over Rs 30000 crore and generate one lakh job opportunitiesThe airport is to be developed in an area of 5000 hectares with an overall estimated cost of Rs 30000 crore by Swiss concessionaire Zurich International Airports subsidiary Yamuna International Airport Private Limited YIAPL according to officialsThe first phase of the airport is to be developed in an area of over 1300 hectares at a cost of over Rs 10000 crore and should open for operations by September 2024 the officials saidThe land for the first phase of the project has been acquired under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013The law was formed after a major and acquisition controversy involving protests against the UP government in 2011 at the adjoining villages of Bhatta and Parsaul in Greater NoidaThe violence during the episode infamously remembered as the Bhatta-Parsaul case had led to death of three people close to Jewar where the airport is being developed According to the new law consent of more than 70 per cent villagers was required for the state government to move ahead with the land acquisition for the airport but negotiations often hit roadblock and the MLA played a key role in winning the support of villagers for the greenfield project according to people privy to the development PTI KIS ZMN

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