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28/07/23 06:37 AM IST

Greenfield Airports

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  • Government of India has accorded 'In-Principle' approval for setting up of 21 new Greenfield Airports namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra etc.
Greenfield Airports
  • A greenfield airport is one that is built from scratch on undeveloped land, where no work has been done in the past.
  • This airport is built to minimize the congestion at the existing airports.
  • Usually, it is at a greater distance from the city and constructed in a way that special consideration is given to the environmental impact.
Greenfield Airport policy
  • Development of a Greenfield airport is governed under the Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008.
  • As per the Policy, a State Government or an Airport Developer, willing to establish an airport is required to send a proposal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) for 2-stage approval i.e. 'Site-Clearance' followed by 'In-Principle' approval.
  • Such proposals are considered by MoCA as per the procedure stipulated in the GFA Policy.
  • The responsibility of implementation of airport projects including funding of the projects rests with the concerned airport developer including the respective State Government (in case the State Government is the project proponent).
21 Greenfield Airport
  • Mopa in Goa,
  • Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra,
  • Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogga in Karnataka,
  • Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh,
  • Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh,
  • Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat,
  • Karaikal in Puducherry,
  • Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Oravakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh,
  • Durgapur in West Bengal,
  • Pakyong in Sikkim,
  • Kannur in Kerala and
  • Donyi Polo, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.
Source- PIB

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