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Navi Mumbai International Airport
नवी मुंबई अंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ
IATA: none – ICAO: none Summary Location Navi Mumbai, India Coordinates 18°59′05″N 73°04′45″E / 18.984677°N 73.079113°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 08L/26R 12,139 3,700 Asphalt 08R/26L 12,139 3,700 Asphalt The proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (Marathi: नवी मुंबई अंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ) is a new international airport, which is to come up at Kopra-Panvel area, is being built through public-private partnership (PPP) — with private sector partner getting 74% equity while Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Govt of Maharashtra (through City and Industrial Development Corporation or CIDCO) holding 13% each. Its first phase is planned to be operational by 2012.
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Overview
The sea - shore land required is about 11.4 km² for the core airport activity and will have two parallel runways each 3700 metres long. It is to be located on highway NH 4B near Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has already given clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport on technical parameters. The Airport construction is at global tendering stage [1]
The cost of the project, which is being developed through the public-private partnership route, is estimated at between
3,200 crore (US$648.96 million) and 4,000 crore (US$811.2 million). The airport will have a terminal area of 250,000 m². and a cargo area of 100,000 m² and handle 50-55 million passengers annually.[2]The site of airport is located in an area of 9.5 km² accommodating two parallel runways for simultaneous and segregated parallel operation with provision of full length taxi ways on either side of the runways. The airfield has been designed to accommodate the new large aircraft compatible to aerodrome code 4-F.
Approximately 1140 Hectares (Ha) has been marked for the development of the second International airport. Another 225 Ha of government land is being transferred to CIDCO and the remaining 295Ha is private land which is under acquisition.
Controversies
Although there is an urgent need for an additional International Airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a deadline has yet to be fixed for construction to begin. The CIDCO's [3] official website states that it will handle 10 million passengers in its first operational year 2012, (previously the CIDCO website stated as 4.5 million passenger in its first operational year 2007) and land acquisitions have still not been completed. Villagers and land holders at the planned site of the airport are unhappy with the compensation paid to them by CIDCO. The site also presents environmental problems in dealing with mangroves and rain/storm water drains in Panvel. There is an NGO fighting government agencies regarding Panvel.
Go ahead
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) gave its clearance for the
4,000 crore (US$811.2 million) Navi Mumbai international airport on 14 May 2008.[4] The environmental ministry finally cleared the project on 23 November 2010.[5]Cost
The total cost is expected to be
9,000 crore (US$1.83 billion).[6]Recent objections to the Kopra Panvel Location
As a result of the recent objections being raised by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the current proposed location of the Navi Mumbai International airport near Kopra Panvel area, apparently because the construction of the airport would involve reclamation of low-lying areas in an ecologically fragile zone as well as destruction of several hectares of Mangroves. There are serious environmental issues. Its construction would damage mangrove cultivation in the 2,000 hectares, besides the diversion of Gadhi and Ulwe rivers, which according to the Union Environment and Forests Ministry is a very serious issue considering the destruction Mumbai faced during the 26th July 2005 floods. As a result of these new developments other locations were considered.
The original option of locating near Rewas Mandwa
(This option is now ruled out.Panvel site finalised for the project.) The proposed airport site is centered around the region of Rewas and Mandwa near Alibaug, where the original proposal of second international airport existed on all regional development plans, and the location was commented to be the most fit and correct barring the excessive financial cost involved in building a sea-link/creek bridge over the Karanja Creek connecting Uran - JNPT area to the proposed airport at Rewas Mandwa. It is only at a distance of 20 nautical miles (37 km) by sea makes it an viable location. If the current location at Kopra Panvel does not go through, the one at Rewas - Mandwa location will have again to be considered for this Airport project.
The other option of locating near Kalyan - Nevali
( Option ruled out. Site finalised at Panvel ) The second option includes the one off village Newali near Kalyan-Ambernath 55 km away from the current airport in Mumbai. There exists an old and abandoned air-strip of World War II era and the Union Defence Ministry owns the 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land on which it is located. The proposal is now centered around those 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land. If the current location at Kopra Panvel does not go through, then the Kalyan-Nevali location would be considered for a future Kalyan International Airport which would serve as a much needed second International airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan region.
Road Map
New Delhi: The government is expecting to complete the bidding for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport by March 2010.
The new airport, which is to come up at Kopra-Panvel area, is being built through PPP route, with private sector partner getting 74 per cent equity while Airports Authority of India and Govt of Maharashtra through City and Industrial Development Corporation holding 13 per cent each. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has already given techno-feasibility clearance to the proposed airport, which will be located on National Highway NH 4B near Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. The airport construction is at global tendering stage. The land required is about 11.4 km2 for the core airport activity and will have two parallel runways each 3,700 metres long.
References
- ^ "Cidco". Cidcoindia.com. http://cidcoindia.com/cidco/Globalrfp.aspx. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Work on Navi Mumbai airport may start next year". The Hindu Business Line. 2006-12-19. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/12/19/stories/2006121901370700.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Cidco". Cidcoindia.com. http://cidcoindia.com/cidco/naviair.aspx. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Navi Mumbai Airport Gets MoEF Green Signal". The Financial Express. 16 May 2008. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/navi-mumbai-airport-gets-moef-green-signal/310210/1. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Second Mumbai airport takes off". The Indian Express. 22 November 2010. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Second-Mumbai-airport-takes-off/714727. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "New airport for Mumbai". Straitstimes.com. 2010-11-22. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_606143.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Ashutosh Limaye. "Navi Mumbai airport nod to see housing prices jump: Experts - CNBC-TV18". Moneycontrol.com. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/navi-mumbai-airport-nod-to-see-housing-prices-jump-experts_501095.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
External links
- CIDCO and Navi Mumbai International Airport
- Navi Mumbai International Airport
- 2nd Airport for Navi Mumbai and how not to build it by Dorab Sopariwala
- Navi Mumbai airport: runway construction cleared
Categories:- Navi Mumbai
- Airports in Maharashtra
- Proposed Airports in India
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