Site Clearance for Dholera Airport Project

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha today that the Government has accorded site clearance for the Greenfield international airport project at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat being developed by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board in 2014.  Further, the Taj International Greenfield airport project proposed at Hirangoan, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh is presently under the preliminary scrutiny of the Government.  AAI has recently upgraded Bhopal, Indore and Raipur airports to international standards and the Government has initiated the process of declaring these airports as international airports.  Further, the Government of India has granted in-principle approval for development of the Greenfield airport projects as international airports with estimated project costs (approx.) as under: State                 Airport                  Rs. in Crore) Goa                  Mopa                               3000 Kerala               Kannur                           1800 Maharashtra      Navi Mumbai                14500 Maharashtra      Shirdi                             300 Uttar Pradesh    Kushinagar                    355