Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Jewar. (AP)Jewar airport foundation live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a gathering, Prime Minister Modi stressed that the Noida international airport will be the ‘logistics gateway’ of northern India and will provide new employment opportunities to thousands of people in the region.
The airport is spread across an area of 5,000 acres and is being developed by Zurich International Airport AG at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crores. The Swiss Airport company had won the bid in November, 2019 following which a concessionaire agreement had been signed with the state government.
Meanwhile, in a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or the followers of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah will cause mischief in the state.
“Some people had tried to add bitterness in the sugarcane region (western parts) of Uttar Pradesh with a series of riots. Now the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or Jinnah’s followers will cause mischief,” news agency PTI quoted Adityanath as saying.
Noida: Preparations underway on the eve of the foundation stone laying ceremony of Jewar Airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. (PTI Photo)
On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Noida International Airport, BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said such a step at the time of elections has created doubt about the 'intention and policy' of the government.
She also said the previous Uttar Pradesh government under her regime had given new dimension to development with Taj International Airport and Ganga Expressway, but the then Congress government at the Centre created obstacles.
'The BSP government had given a new dimension to employment and development in Uttar Pradesh through projects like Taj International Airport and aviation hub in Jewar area of Gautam Budh Nagar and 8-lane Ganga Expressway from Noida to Ballia. But despite all the preparations, the Congress government did not cooperate,' Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi. (PTI)
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked BJP saying, what is being built today (referring to the Jewar airport), will be put on sale tomorrow.
He also alleged that the BJP's refusal to his government's proposal to build an airport in Firozabad cost the region a share in glory with Jewar International Airport.
“Had BJP government at center not denied permission for an airport in Firozabad as proposed by the SP government, today ‘bangles' too would have joined ‘jewar' and completed the ornamental progress of Uttar Pradesh,” Yadav wrote in a Hindi tweet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh. Here are some visuals from the site.
In a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or the followers of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah will cause mischief in the state.
"Some people had tried to add bitterness in the sugarcane region (western parts) of Uttar Pradesh with a series of riots. Now the country has to decide if the sweetness of sugarcane will grow or Jinnah's followers will cause mischief," news agency PTI quoted Adityanath as saying.
Adityanath made the remarks during the foundation-laying ceremony for the Noida International Airport in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Twenty years back BJP govt saw the dream of constructing an international airport here. However, it got stuck due to the tussle of previous govts sitting at Lucknow and Delhi. Even the previous state govt wrote a letter to stop the project. But now we are witnessing its 'bhumi pujan'," PM Modi was quoted as saying by ANI.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's direction that Asia's biggest airport has to be built in Uttar Pradesh, as he joined the foundation-laying ceremony for the Noida International Airport.
Scindia said the airport, located in Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, will bring investments worth Rs 34,000 crore and the first phase of the Greenfield project is expected to be completed in 2024 with a capacity of 1.2 crore passengers annually.
"By the last phase of development, the Noida International Airport will even surpass Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and become India's leading airport," Scindia was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Noida International Airport at Airport is spread across an area of 5,000 acres and is being developed by Zurich International Airport AG at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crore.
The Swiss Airport company had won the bid in November 2019 following which a concessionaire agreement had been signed with the state government. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has hailed the airport project as “monumental” for residents in Western UP and the NCR region. The airport is part of the government’s aviation push to bring operational flights to smaller cities. Click here to know more about it.
"Some political parties in our country have always put their self-interest first. They think only about themselves and the development of their own family. We follow the spirit of the nation first," Prime Minister Modi said during the foundation-laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport at Jewar in UP.
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Taking a dig at Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that previous government's in Uttar Pradesh kept the state in 'deprivation and darkness'. "The same UP is now leaving its mark not only nationally but also internationally," he said.
"When air connectivity improves, tourism flourishes. Whether it is Mata Vaishno Devi or Kedarnath, the number of tourists increased after helicopter ride services started. This airport will be crucial for those visiting for pilgrimage in West UP," Prime Minister Modi said.
Addressing the gathering in Jewar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: "The Noida International Airport will be a logistical gateway. With the speed at which the aviation sector is rising, this airport will play a major role in the sector...there will be dedicated space (40 acres) for repair, maintenance and overhaul MRO services. Nearly 15,000 crores is spent on maintenance and the revenue is gained by other countries. This airport will change that."
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An investment of Rs. 34,000 will made in the region, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. "By the last phase, it will overtake Delhi's airport and will be the biggest in the country. In 70 years, many governments only made 74 airports," he said.
"There will be 5 more international airports in UP itself due to the efforts of the government. Runway par plane, patri par train, expressway par gaadi, this is the vision of PM Modi," he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Jewar airport site for the foundation-laying ceremony on Thursday afternoon. He was accompanied by UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said it has started talks with the Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2022 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, indicating that the two may be looking at a possible alliance in the state.
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh made the announcement after meeting SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.
The Samajwadi Party appeared to hint at the same. “A meeting for change,” Yadav wrote on Twitter, posting an image featuring him, Sanjay Singh and senior AAP leader Dilip Pandey, who also attended Wednesday’s meeting. Read the full report here.
The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress on Wednesday announced a 15-day membership drive from Constitution Day (November 26) with the aim of adding one crore new members to the party. The slogan of the campaign, which will continue till December 10, is “Ek Pariwar, Naye Sadasya Chaar [One family, four new members]”.
At a press conference, state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu said people could give a missed call at 8230005000 to become a party member. The party will put up canopies at prominent markets, bus stops, and railway stations as part of the membership drive. Congress workers will talk to people about the party’s electoral promises for women and girls, including reservation of 40 per cent of Assembly elections tickets, and electric scooties and smartphones for girls who clear the Class 12 exams. The party will also put up posters of its “Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon [I am a girl, and I can fight]” campaign in front of women’s and girls’ colleges and universities. Read the full report here.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said if his party comes to power in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, its government will give Rs 25 lakh each to farmers who died during the farm laws agitation.
“The life of a farmer is priceless because he grows foodgrains for others,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
“We promise that in 2022, as soon as the Samajwadi Party government comes to power, farmers who died during the agitation against farm laws will be given a ‘Kisan Shahadat Samman Rashi’ of Rs 25 lakh,” Yadav added. (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar on Thursday. With this, Uttar Pradesh will become the only state in India to have five international airports.
Located at a distance of about 72 km from the IGI airport in New Delhi, the new airport will be India’s largest after its completion, according to officials. The first phase of the development of the airport is being done at a cost of over Rs 10,050 crore.
The construction of this airport comes just weeks after the prime minister inaugurated the Kushinagar international airport in Uttar Pradesh to boost the country’s aviation sector. Another international airport is presently under-construction in Ayodhya. Here's everything you need to know.