Final land acquisition plan for Jewar airport submitted
GREATERNOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration on Tuesday submitted the final land acquisition proposal for the international airport at Jewar to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s office.
The Uttar Pradesh government is expected to start acquiring land by end of October or beginning of November, an administration official said.
“As per procedure, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will first approve the social impact assessment (SIA) report and the process of land acquisition will begin soon after, district magistrate BN Singh said.
On September 25, Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey had approved the SIA, which was put forth at a meeting in Lucknow.
In the first phase, the state government will acquire 1,257 hectares of land from six villages along the 165-km-long Yamuna expressway.
Earlier, the plan was to acquire 1,441 hectares of land from eight villages, including Rohi, Parohi, Banwaribas, Ramner, Dayanatpur, Kishorpur, Mukimpur Shivara and Ranhera. However, the district administration excluded Kishorpur and Mukimpur Shivara villages from the first phase of land acquisition.
According to suggestions made by the state government, the consultant for the airport project, Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC) India, and other officials are studying the modalities of the concession agreement of the planning department of central government.
“The PWC is revising the con-
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cession agreement. Once the state approves the agreement modalities, the process of selection of a developer for the project will start,” a senior official said.
Once the proposal is notified, officials said, the focus will be on the rehabilitation plan for around 2,200 families, whose houses will be relocated. “The process of taking consent from farmers has been done in the most transpar- June 24: Union civil aviation ministry gives approval to build an international airport at Jewar. July: CM Yogi Adityanath expedites Jewar airport project October 13: UP government appoints YEIDA as nodal agency for the project
October 16: UP government directs YEIDA to hire a consultant, who will help in making detailed project report and technical feasibility report
October 27: YEIDA begins process of hiring of a consultant for making a DPR and TFR November: YEIDA hires PWC to prepare TEFR for the project
March 15: PWC submits draft TEFR report
April 3: Ministry of civil aviation and UP government expresses satisfaction over progress
March 15: UP government applies for in-principle approval June 24: Civil aviation ministry approves plan
ent and democratic way,” Singh maintained.
“Several agencies, including the micro small medium enterprise association of Noida, are coming forward to help us in the rehabilitation process. Builders, industrialists etc will help provide jobs, healthcare facilities to those who are giving their land for the airport project,” added Singh.