More land to be acquired for phase 2 of Noida International Airport

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari was informed that the procurement of 1,185 hectares of land from six villages in Jewar is needed for stage two of the Noida International Airport. The land would be utilised for constructing a third runway, maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities and other aviation-related operations at the airport site, Tiwari, was told by project authorities. The data was shared as Tiwari, who is additionally, the chairman of the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), reviewed progress on the greenfield project launching in Gautam Buddh Nagar district's Jewar, some 80 km off Delhi. A presentation of the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report of villages displaced because of land purchase for the third runway on phase one of stage two of the Noida airport was prepared at the chief secretary's office in Lucknow, as per an official statement. The SIA for six villages of Dayanatpur, Karauli Bangar, Ranhera, Mudhrah, Kuraib and Virampur for development (Phase-1, Stage-2) of the Noida International Airport was submitted before the chief secretary. The SIA report has been made by the Gautam Buddha University, the statement read. He was notified in the meeting that land is being procured for the third runway, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) facilities and aviation-related work on Phase-1 of Stage-2 of the project. The suggestions of the SIA study for land purchase were accepted by the expert group in its meeting conducted on November 20, 2021, as per the official statement. A total of 1,365 hectares of land is needed for the second stage of the airport, of which some land is already in control of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), a local state government agency. For the development of the airport, 1,185 hectares of private land from six villages is to be procured under section 4 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Image Source Also read: Farmers to be rehabilitated for Noida airport project seek clear plan