Uttar Pradesh’s civil aviation special secretary, Surya Pal Gangwar, issued the notification for the first phase of acquisition of land for the construction of the Jewar airport. The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration had, completed the proceedings at its level and sent a proposal to the government for the acquisition of land from six villages in Jewar.
A total of 5,000 hectares of land is to be acquired for the green field airport, approximate to cost between Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 crores. For the first phase of the airport, 1,334 hectares of land is required. 1,239 hectares of land belonging to farmers from six villages Rohi, Dayanatpur, Parohi, Kishorpur, Ranhera and Banwariwas will be acquired by the state government and due compensation will be given to them. The remaining 94 hectares of land in the region, already belongs to the government.
About 6.2 hectares of land has been earmarked from Banwari was village, 395 hectares from Dayanatpur, 171.1 hectares from Kishorpur, 108.4 hectares from Parohi, 124.9 hectares from Ranhera and 433.1 hectares from Rohi, the letter detailed. A social impact assessment (SIA) study was carried out for the project by the Gautam Buddh University, which had submitted its recommendations to the state government. The SIA recommendations were approved by the government on October 10, 2018.
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