Approval for Dholera airport

India´s most ambitious infrastructure project, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), has received a push with the ministry of civil aviation granting in-principle approval to the Dholera airport project in Gujarat. The Aviation Ministry clearance for the Rs 1,712 crore project is expected to turn Dholera Special Investment Region into aerotropolis and economic powerhouse. The proposed airport will offer two parallel runways of 2,910 m and 4,000 m. The state government has already identified 1,426 hectare for the airport at Navagam village in Dholera. The Dholera International Airport Company Ltd will select the private developer to develop the airport in public-private partnership mode.