Category: Area Updates

Original Report in Times of India – https://m.timesofindia.com/city/noida/10-member-government-panel-to-be-part-of-jewar-airport-agency/amp_articleshow/67007101.cms

Greater Noida: The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has formed a core committee of 10 officials who will be part of the agency that will pilot the Jewar airport project.

The announcement was made by YEIDA CEO Arun Veer Singh, who has been given additional responsibility of the Noida International Airport Company Limited (NIAL), a company formed by the government

on August 28 to get the airport project rolling. Chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey is the chairman of NIAL, which has an authorised capital of Rs 10,000 crore.

“The 10-member core team for Jewar airport has been entrusted with the responsibility of executing the work,” an official said.

Seven teams from district administration have been currently conducting a survey for acquiring land for the airport.

The Project Monitoring and Implementation Committee (PMIC) has approved the concessionaire bid document prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and backed by NIAL at a YEIDA board meeting on November 27. “It will now go to the UP cabinet for approval after which, the bid document will be floated for tendering,” said Prabhat Kumar, YEIDA chairman.