All central government permissions for the Navi Mumbai international airport have been granted, chief secretary Swadhin Kshatriya said on Monday .
Seven permissions, from the environment and civil aviation ministries were received last month, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's countrywide video-conference with chief secretaries.When Modi asked Kshatriya about the status of the airport project, he informed him that,
“The state received seven permissions a day before the Pragati (Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation of Schemes) conference, and only permission from the civil aviation ministry is pending,''
He went on to explain that the permission pending was for the rehabilitation of 650 farmers, and the state government needed height clearance from the aviation ministry . Under the compensation package, every farmer will be given back 22.5% of the plot given for the project as developed land.Kshatriya said individual applications would have to be made on behalf of each farmer. Instead, he said, if the aviation ministry were to accept an application from the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) on behalf of the farmers, it would expedite the matter. When Modi asked the civil aviation secretary if it was possible, he immediately said it would be done.
Kshatriya said the government was committed to make Phase I of the airport, catering to 10 million passengers, operational by 2019.
“I informed the PM that the competitive bidding process will be completed this year.Work on the ground will begin early in 2016 and planes will take to the skies from Navi Mumbai international airport in 2019. The onus is now on the state government,'' he said.
Seven permissions, from the environment and civil aviation ministries were received last month, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's countrywide video-conference with chief secretaries.When Modi asked Kshatriya about the status of the airport project, he informed him that,
“The state received seven permissions a day before the Pragati (Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation of Schemes) conference, and only permission from the civil aviation ministry is pending,''
He went on to explain that the permission pending was for the rehabilitation of 650 farmers, and the state government needed height clearance from the aviation ministry . Under the compensation package, every farmer will be given back 22.5% of the plot given for the project as developed land.Kshatriya said individual applications would have to be made on behalf of each farmer. Instead, he said, if the aviation ministry were to accept an application from the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) on behalf of the farmers, it would expedite the matter. When Modi asked the civil aviation secretary if it was possible, he immediately said it would be done.
Kshatriya said the government was committed to make Phase I of the airport, catering to 10 million passengers, operational by 2019.
“I informed the PM that the competitive bidding process will be completed this year.Work on the ground will begin early in 2016 and planes will take to the skies from Navi Mumbai international airport in 2019. The onus is now on the state government,'' he said.
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