The new Navi Mumbai International Airport to have two runways, four terminals and a passenger capacity of 9 crore after completion of 5 Phases. The Navi Mumbai International Airport aims to be India’s first airport with automated passenger movement within its 1600 hectares, ensuring a hundred per cent green airport in the first phase.
Around 2009-10, a solitary blue-coloured board stood near the Panvel-Uran road, which said this was the site for the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport. With wetlands all around it, this was the time the greens began expressing concerns that the region would face an environmental impact as facilities were built to meet the needs of aviation traffic in the Mumbai region.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday threw open the 80-km stretch of the Nagpur-Mumbai Super Expressway section between Shirdi-Igatpuri (Bharvir). Being constructed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, when completed, the new highway will pass through 10 districts and slash the travel time from the existing around 16 hours to barely 8 hours between the state capital and second capital, officials said.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik was hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate Yashwant Shenoy raising concerns over dangers posed by high rises near the Mumbai airport. Recently, Shenoy said that while the situation in the Mumbai airport’s vicinity was beyond repair, the authorities have now decided to lift the height restrictions for buildings near the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport from 55.1 metres up to 160 metres.
Prakash Tulsiani, president (operations) at AAHL, will take over as the CEO of MIAL, according to a communication dated July 17
In a regulatory filing on Monday, Adani Enterprises said as per the agreement, Adani Airport will acquire the debt of GVKADL from its lenders.
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