The Uttar Pradesh government has recently cleared ₹1,260 crore for fast tracking the proposed Jewar airport in Gautam Buddh Nagar on the outskirts of national capital. The newest installment of funds would largely be meant for land acquisition and that the amount, released for acquisition in the first phase of airport construction, is to be spent for land acquisition and payment to the farmers concerned. A total of 5,000 hectare land is required for the development of the proposed Greenfield international airport at a cost worth ₹20,000 crore. For the first phase of the airport- the second in the National Capital Region (NCR) - 1,334 hectare land is required of which 1,239 hectare land belonged to six villages (Rohi, Dayanatpur, Parohi, Kishorpur, Ranhera, and Banwariwas). The state CM has directed officials of the Noida International Airport Limited and the Gautam Budh Nagar administration to expedite work on the airport and in this connection, the state issued a notification for the acquisition of land for the greenfield project in the district under Section 11 (1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
