UP to float global tender for Rs 16,000 crore Noida airport project

The proposed airport would be built on the public private partnership (PPP) model and 1,426 hectares would be acquired for the project

Uttar Pradesh government will float global tender for the proposed Noida International Greenfield Airport project at Jewar, Greater Noida, which is estimated to cost nearly Rs 16,000 crore.

The state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday put its seal of approval to float global tender for the airport project, which has been envisioned as a future aviation hub that will also decongest the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.

“The global tender would be floated on May 30 and within the next 6 months, the bidding process would be completed. By January 2020, the contract is likely to