Navi Mumbai airport

On 21 April 2017, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) granted the crucial stage II forest clearance for the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), paving the way for work on the ground such as cutting and levelling of Ulwehill, changing the course of the river and rehabilitation of projectedaffected people( PAPs ).

The government aims for the airport to be operational by end 2019. The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) of Maharashtra has offered 242 hectares of land in Sudhagad near Khopoli against acquisition of around 250 hectares of deemed forest area for the greenfield airport and has assured planting of mangroves three times that of the size in acquired area.