TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar around 1 pm on Thursday, which will make Uttar Pradesh the only state in India to have five international airports.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that the development of the first phase of the airport is being done at a cost of over Rs 10,050 crore. Uttar Pradesh is witnessing the development of multiple new international airports, including the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport and the under-construction international airport at Ayodhya.
Spread over more than 1,300 hectares, the completed first phase of the Jewar airport will have the capacity to serve around 12 million passengers a year. It will be executed by international bidder Zurich Airport International AG, which was chosen as the concessionaire, with work on the first phase scheduled to be completed by 2024, according to the statement.
