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Gorakhpur Link Expressway: 62 Per Cent Work Complete, To Be Fully Operational By December 2023

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The 91.35-km-long Gorakhpur Link Expressway, that connects Gorakhpur with Purvanchal Expressway, will soon be ready for operation.

The latest audit stated that more than 62 per cent of the construction work on the expressway has been completed.

While clearing and grubbing work is completed, activities related to civil work including Granular Sub Base (GSB), Wet Mix Macadam (WMM) and Dense Bituminous Macadam (DBM) are currently underway on the main carriageway.

The granular sub-base forms the lowest (bottom) layer of the pavement structure, and acts as the principal foundation for the subsequent road profile.

Wet Mix Macadam work includes laying and compacting aggregates premixed with water, to a dense mass on a prepared GSB layer.

The expressway once complete will ensure hassle-free movement of vehicular traffic from Delhi, Lucknow and Agra.

Alignment

The four-lane (expandable to six lanes) expressway begins at Jaitpur on NH-27 in Gorakhpur district, and culminates by merging with the Purvanchal expressway, near Salarpur in Azamgarh district.

Alignment of Gorakhpur Link Expressway (MetroRailGuy)

The access-controlled expressway spans across four districts of the state, namely, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Azamgarh.

Uttar Pradesh Expressway Development Authority (UPEIDA), which is the nodal agency for the project, is executing this project on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.

The project has been divided into two packages for implementation. While APCO Infrastructure Pvt Ltd is developing 47-km-long Package-1 of the project, Package-2 with a length of 43.03 km is being built by Dilip Buildcon.

GIRDERS launched at span of Major bridge (Package-1)
All girders of span at Flyover launched.
Expressway Progressway (UPEIDA)

As part of the expressway, two toll plazas, three ramp plazas, seven flyovers, 16 vehicular underpasses, 50 light vehicular underpasses, 35 pedestrian underpasses, seven major bridges, 27 minor bridges and 389 culverts are also being constructed.

The Gorakhpur Link Expressway will also be linked with Varanasi through a separate link road, said a UPEIDA spokesperson.

December Deadline

Work on the Gorakhpur Link expressway commenced in February 2020 and will cost Rs 5,876.67 crore, including the cost of acquiring land.

In a review of development works taking place under the UPEIDA, chief minister Yogi Adityanath in February 2023 had set a deadline of December 2023 for the Gorakhpur link expressway.

The expressway is expected to be helpful as an industrial corridor to connect various production units. Keeping this in mind, the latest budget has made an allocation of Rs 200 crore for Industrial Corridor along the Gorakhpur-link Expressway.

Epicenter Of Expressways

Gorakhpur, the city known for its handloom and terracotta craft, is on a transformational journey. The city, located in the north-eastern part of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s hometown, has received special attention in infrastructure development.

Apart from Gorakhpur Link Expressway, the Central government has granted its approval to build a greenfield expressway from Gorakhpur to Siliguri in West Bengal.

The six-lane, 520-km-long greenfield expressway will run from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to Siliguri in West Bengal via north Bihar. Around 85 km of the expressway would pass through Gorakhpur, Deoria and Kushinagar districts in Uttar Pradesh, before entering Bihar where it will run for 416 km and end in West Bengal after covering a length of 19 km.

Being developed at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore, it will provide a direct link for outbound traffic from North East region towards northern India including the national capital, Punjab and Haryana.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finalised the alignment for the expressway and work tender for the project shall be awarded in the next few months.

Tamil Nadu Budget: Metro Rail Project For Coimbatore And Madurai, Rs 10,000 Crore For Chennai Metro Phase-II Work

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The Tamil Nadu Government has made a big pitch for the metro network in the State Budget presented on 20 March.

Presenting Tamil Nadu’s Budget for the financial year 2023-24, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan announced Metro Rail project for Coimbatore and Madurai cities.

The State government will start the work on the Metro Rail in these two cities with funding from external agencies after taking necessary approval from the Union Government.

Coimbatore Metro

The budget announced the implementation of the Metro Rail project in Coimbatore city.

The Metro Rail project will be implemented along Avinashi Road and Sathyamangalam Road at an estimated cost of Rs 9,000 crore.

Coimbatore City, known as the Manchester of South India, is one of the fastest growing Tier-II cities in India. It is home to a plethora of economic activities such as textiles, trade, commerce, technology, medical facilities and manufacturing and is an embodiment of entrepreneurial spirit.

Keeping in view the future growth potential of the city, the government has decided to implement the Metro Rail project in Coimbatore city.

Madurai Metro

In Madurai, the Metro Rail project will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 8,500 crore, the Minister stated in his budget speech.

Constructed underground through the central parts of the town, the Metro Rail will connect Thirumangalam to Othakadai.

The metro network in Madurai will transform the ever lively and vibrant city as an engine of development for the southern region.

Chennai Metro

A sum of Rs 10,000 crore has been allotted towards Chennai Metro Rail Project in this Budget.

Currently work on Phase-II of the Chennai Metro Rail Project is in progress at a total cost of Rs 63,246 crore.

The third phase of Chennai Metro spans a length of 119 km across three Corridors i.e., Corridor-3 from Madhavaram to SIPCOT (45.8 km), Corridor-4 from Lighthouse to Poonamallee Bypass (26.1 km) and Corridor-5 from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur (47 km).

The first stretch of Corridor-4 from Poonamallee Depot to Kodambakkam Powerhouse section is expected to be ready for commissioning by December, 2025.

The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) which is the implementing agency for the project has set a deadline of December 2025 for commercial operations of the Lighthouse to Powerhouse section on Corridor-4 and the remaining part of the whole project.

Parandur Airport: High-Level Committee Formed To Look Into Environmental And Land Acquisition Issues

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The work on Chennai’s second airport at Parandur may soon see the light of the day.

This comes in the backdrop of the State government constituting a high-level technical committee to delve into the issues and concerns of the local people and give recommendations for taking up the project.

In August 2022, Chief Minister M K Stalin had announced that a greenfield airport would be built in Parandur, located around 15 km northeast of Kanchipuram, at an investment of Rs 20,000 crore with a capacity to handle 100 million passengers per annum.

The project with a total area of 4,791 acres covering about 13 villages has seen vociferous protest with residents consistently objecting to it as they will have to give up their land, severely affecting their livelihoods.

Also, out of the total land area required for the airport, more than 50 per cent (2,605 acres) are wetlands. Many activists and experts, apart from the villagers, had voiced their dissent, fearing that it may cause serious damage to the environment.

To put things into perspective, residents of Ekanapuram village, one of the 13 villages to be affected by the Parandur airport passed a resolution against the project during a Gram Sabha meeting held on 26 January this year – this was the fourth time such a resolution was passed.

Subsequently, the State government had assured the setting up of a technical committee to analyse and recommend measures for mitigating the impact and conserve waterbodies and also find an effective solution for the land acquisition issues for the villagers, including the farmers.

The Committee

The high-level committee (HLC) will have seven-member with experts from different fields to look into the environmental and land acquisition issues, as reported by The Hindu.

The committee to be headed by a retired IAS officer will have Hydrogeological experts from IIT Madras and Anna University and officials from the State government including the Water Resources Department, the Commissionerate of Land Administration, TIDCO and the Kancheepuram Collectorate.

Initially, they will examine the detailed data submitted to them regarding the land, the number and extent of waterbodies and other factors impacting the environment.

Subsequently, the HLC will conduct further meetings and field-level inspections before submitting its report.

Site Clearance

Earlier, in January 2023, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) had filed the application for site clearance for airport at Parandur to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s steering committee.

Further, TIDCO is in the process of finalising a consultant to draft a detailed Techno-Economic Feasibility Report (TEFR) for the new airport near Chennai.

The TEFR report will comprise everything from a master plan, survey, financial model to social impact study for the second airport.

Skies Wide Open: Vadodara Airport All Set To Get International Flights

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Vadodara Airport in Gujarat will soon find a place on the global civil aviation map.

This comes in the backdrop of the Centre issuing the gazette notification through which Vadodara airport will get immigration and customs facilities.

The city MP Ranjan Bhatt on 20 March said that Union home minister Amit Shah during his visit to the city on Saturday (18 March) had handed over the gazette notification paving the way for the launch of international connectivity.

She added that on 18 February, the Union Home ministry had written a letter to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Gujarat government after which an inspection team had come for assessing the facilities available at Vadodara airport.

“Since our airport already has the necessary space and infrastructure like the conveyor belts, space for setting up immigration and customs facilities, starting the new facilities will not be an issue now,” she said.

Vadodara Airport

The civil airport is located at Harni which is about 8 km South East from Vadodara Junction Railway Station.

There has been a long pending demand for airline connectivity to international destinations since a new terminal built for international flights at the city airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017.

The terminal at the airport on the city outskirts, is spread over 18,120 square metre and can handle 700 passengers (domestic plus international) per hour and has 18 check-in counters.

International flights for neighbouring countries will be available from the terminal, but there will be no direct service for the US or the UK as the runway length is not enough to accommodate big aircraft.

It is hoped that at least flights to Dubai or Sharjah will start, once the necessary immigration infrastructure is put in place.

Haryana Orbital Rail: RVNL Emerges As Lowest Bidder To Build 5 Km Tunnel In Aravallis

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The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct 4.7 km tunnel Package C-4 of the 121.74 km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) project.

The scope of the contract includes construction of twin tunnels through the Aravalli’s, between chainage km 24.880 to km 29.580 near Sohna’s Roz-Ka-Meo Industrial Area.

Construction on the tunnel will be carried out using the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) and cut & cover method.

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HRIDC) which is the implementing agency for the project had invited global tenders for construction of C-4 package on EPC basis in November 2022 with an undisclosed estimate.

The technical bids opened in February revealed six bidders in fray as reported by MetroRailGuy.

These were- Gawar Construction, Dilip Buildcon, ITD Cementation India, APCO Infratech, and two state-run PSUs — IRCON International and RVNL.

RVNL has been declared as the lowest bidder with a bid cost of Rs 1,088 crore.

Additional work in the contract includes installation of design and installation of Ballast less Track (excluding supply of rails), commissioning of general electrical services and construction of embankment and minor bridges.

About Tunnel

The tunnel proposed lies in Delhi Ridge.

Delhi ridge constitutes northernmost extension of the Aravalli range in the form of two ridges, i.e. Sohna ridge in Haryana, nearly 45 km from Delhi, and west of it is Harachandpur ridge also known as Delhi ridge, which has become famous for its environmental importance to this region.

Google Map of proposed Tunnel

The total tunnel length is 4.7 km, out of which 1.1 km of tunnel will be within the rock mass and 2.9 km will run through soil and remaining 0.7 km will be Cut Cover type structure.

Decongesting NCR

HORC is a new electrified double broad-gauge (BG) rail line connecting Harsana Kalan (Sonipat) and Asaoti (Palwal) in Haryana through 17 stations along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP)/Western Peripheral Expressway.

HORC Project Alignment

HORC Project Alignment

The Orbital Rail Corridor is a crucial infrastructure project to decongest existing IR network in the National Capital Region (NCR) area.

The project will decongest Delhi by diverting passenger and freight traffic not originated or destined for Delhi.

The foundation stone of the project was laid on 27 October 2022 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and is expected to be ready by FY 2025-26.

One Contract Awarded

HRIDC has so far awarded only one major civil contract.

The contract to construct the 5.9 km C1 Priority (Manesar-Patli Station) section of the project was awarded to KCC Buildcon in May 2022 which won the project with a bid of Rs 158.16 crore.

Earlier this month, PNC Infratech was declared as the lowest bidder with a bid cost of Rs 771.46 crore to construct the 25.92 km Package C-23 of the HORC project.

PM Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of India’s First Urban Transport Ropeway In Varanasi On 24 March

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PM Narendra Modi is set to visit Varanasi on 24 March to lay the foundation for the country’s first urban transport ropeway in Kashi.

Modi during one-day visit to his Parliamentary constituency will also lay the foundation stone of 25 projects worth Rs 1,450 crore while inaugurating Rs 200 crore projects for the people of Kashi.

Varanasi Ropeway

In a move to decongest road traffic, a ropeway service is coming up in Varanasi to provide the last mile connectivity to commuters in the city.

The 3.8-km ropeway link will connect Varanasi’s Cantonment Railway Station and Godowlia Chowk.

Currently, the journey through one of the most congested stretches in the city takes about 60 minutes during peak hours which will be reduced to about 17 minutes post completion of the ropeway, thus, helping ease the pressure on the existing transport infrastructure.

The National Highways Logistics Management Ltd (NHLML), a subsidiary of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), had invited bids for the first ropeway project for city commuters, in India, in May 2022.

India Firm

An Indian firm, Vishwa Samudra Engineering and its technology partner Bartholet Maschinenbau AG of Switzerland have bagged the Varanasi ropeway project.

The company quoted a bid price of Rs 815.6 crore, which is 17 per cent higher than the estimated bid price.

The contract order includes operation and maintenance of the project for 15 years.

The ropeway will be developed on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) wherein 60 per cent of the project cost will be paid as a construction support during the construction period and the remaining 40 per cent will be paid as annuity during the operation and maintenance period.

Specifications

The connectivity project has been designed with a maximum capacity to carry 3,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD) with a total operation time of 16 hours per day. It is capable of carrying a passenger load of about 96,000 passengers per day in both directions.

Around 153 gondolas or cabins will be deployed on this stretch and each gondola will have the capacity to carry 10 passengers.

As per the design, five stations will come up on this corridor at Varanasi Cantonment, Vidya Peeth (Bharatmata Mandir), Rath Yatra, Girja Ghar and Godowlia chowk.

Girja Ghar would only be a technical station. Boarding Deboarding will not be allowed at Girja Ghar.

A total of 30 towers will be built for the ropeway and the height of the towers will vary from 10 metre to 55 metre.

The Uttar Pradesh government is acquiring the land for stations and towers. It is also shifting the utilities infringing with the ropeway alignment.

Chennai MMLP: Work On Tamil Nadu’s First Logistics Park Likely To Start In June

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The construction of Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) located near Chennai is scheduled to commence in June.

The officials of the Chennai Port Trust who visited the project site last month expressed confidence that the work will begin in full swing in three months.

Earlier, in November 2022, the Road Transport Ministry had awarded Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) the contract for setting up the Chennai MMLP at a total cost of Rs. 1,424 crore.

The National Highways Logistics Management (NHLM) had received three bids, including Adani Group, for the Chennai MMLP. Two bidders had technically qualified for the financial bid opening.

Location

The logistics park at Chennai is strategically located at 52 km from Chennai Port, 87 km from Kattupalli Port and 80 km from Ennore Port and will be a “focal point of logistics in the southern region”.

The MMLP, which is coming up on 184.27 acres of land at Mappedu village in Thiruvallur district, is close to the automobile and electronics manufacturing clusters on the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam industrial belt. Besides, it is in close proximity to the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road (CPPR).

Plan

In order to develop the project, a Government Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has been formed amongst National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Chennai Port Authority & Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO).

The SPV will provide 4-lane NH connectivity of 5.4 km with estimated cost of Rs 104 Crore and new rail siding to the MMLP site of length ~10.5 km with estimated cost of Rs 217 crore.

The project which is being built on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate, and Transfer (DBFOT) model, has a total concession period of 45 years. Over a period of 45 years, this facility would be able to cater to a cargo volume of 7.17 Million Metric Tonne (MMT).

Various commodities, including textile, apparel, grain, electronics, consumer goods and automobiles and automobile components may be handled at the MMLP. The project will facilitate efficient, cost-effective and value-added logistics services such as cargo aggregation and disaggregation, distribution, inter-modal transfer, sorting, packing, repacking, etc.

Clearance

The Southern Railway has already given clearance for having a railway corridor plan from the closest railway line near Kadambattur station to the facility.

The MMLP will be developed in three phases and Phase-1 development will be finished in two years i.e. by 2025 leading to commercial operations. While the phase II will take close to 10 years for completion, phase III will take 15 years from the appointed date.

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) is developing 35 MMLPs at some of the highest freight movement regions in the country in order to enhance logistics efficiency across the country.

Out of these 35 MMLPs, 15 are prioritised for award by FY 2024-25 under Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana.These MMLPs have been planned for development under PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan on PPP mode.

Within these 15 MMLPs, the MMLP at Jogighopa in Assam is currently under development with total cost of Rs 694 crore and will become operational in FY 2023-24. Jetty work for the MMLP at Assam has been awarded separately and that work shall also be completed in 2023-24.

UER-II: Significance Of Delhi’s Third Ring Road And How It Will Decongest National Capital

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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday (16 March) inspected the progress of the Urban Extension Road Project (UER-II) in Delhi and promised to open the key arterial road by December 2023.

Swarajya explains what the project is and why is it critical to decongesting the national capital.

What is Urban Extension Road (UER)?

The UER-II has been proposed in the Delhi Master Plan as the third Ring Road of Delhi along the Western boundary.

The six-lane access controlled highway is being developed by the NHAI as a component of the Delhi Decongestion Plan, at a capital cost of Rs 7716 crore.

UER-II Route Map

The UER-II will connect NH-1 to Dwarka and Bahadurgarh and form a Ring Road along the western range.

Why the need for a new road?

The National Capital territory of Delhi is a massive metropolitan area located in the heart of northern India. It is bordered by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and thus attracts huge quantum of traffic not only from within Delhi but also surrounding region.

In order to cater to this regional traffic level, Inner and Outer Ring Roads for Delhi were planned many decades ago in 1962, of which only inner ring road could be completed whereas outer ring road is still not a full ring.

Additionally non-Delhi destined traffic i.e. traffic to/from North Indian states (Punjab, Northern Haryana, J&K, Himachal Pradesh) to remaining Indian states (Rajasthan, Southern Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra) has to pass through Delhi due to absence of alternate network, which leads to heavy congestion on the existing ring roads.

To address this issue and save Delhi through decongestion, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) as part of the Delhi master Plan 2021 proposed UER-II as the third ring road of Delhi.

What is the alignment of UER-II ?

The total length of UER-II is 46.5 km, out of which 38.11 km is taken up as part of this project and a part alignment is being taken up with alignment of Dwarka Expressway. The complete length of the corridor falls in the state of Delhi.

The UER-II’s alignment takes off from NH 1 (23.8 km) near village Bankoli and terminates near the junction of Sector 24 in Dwarka.

The route will connect NH-1 with NH-8 passing through Bawana Industrial Area, Rohini, Mundka Industrial Area, Najafgarh and Dwarka.

Alignment of UER-II (MetroRailGuy)

The alignment crosses Delhi-Karnal railway line, NH10 and Delhi-Rohtak rail line and merges with the contract package of UER-II taken up with Dwarka Expressway at Sector 24 which further connects it with Shiv Murti at NH8.

Dwarka Expressway meets UER at Sector 21 Junction in Dwarka and connects UER-II with Haryana till Nh-8 approximately 2 km before the Kherki Daula toll plaza.

In addition to the section of UER-2 two additional spurs to Barwasni by-pass (Sonipat) and Bahadurgarh By-pass are also to be developed.

What are the various packages in the project?

The 75.71 km project is being developed in five different packages.

Five different packages.

The first three packages (Pkg 1-3) have been together numbered as NH-344M and is the core of UER-II road.

Package 1 Alignment
Package 2 Alignment
Package 3 Alignment

The fourth package (NH-344P) begins at NH-344M and end at NH-352A (Barwasini bypass), serving as a spur to Sonipat Bypass.

Package 4 Alignment

Similarly, the package 5 (NH-344N) is a spur to the Bahadurgarh bypass, connecting NH-344M (near Village Dhichaon Kalan) in Delhi to NH-10 (near Bahadurgarh).

Package 5 Alignment

What is the current status of the project ?

Tenders for construction were invited by NHAI in December 2019 and construction contracts were awarded in 2021.

So far, 57 per cent of work is complete: 55 per cent on Package 1, 40 per cent on Package 2, 90 per cent on Package 3, 68 per cent on Package 4 and 67 per cent on Package 5.

While the NHAI had set a deadline of October 2023, Gadkari said it will be complete by December.

What are the unique features of this road ?

  • The road has been constructed using almost 20 lakh tonnes of plastic garbage sourced from Ghazipur landfill in Delhi. The waste is processed at micro plants near the construction site in Alipur and Karala.
  • The UER-II has 27 flyovers, 26 minor bridges, 11 underpasses and 17 pedestrian subways.
  • It will also be among the first national highways to be an e-highway. E-highways are an energy-efficient option where the road provides electricity to moving vehicles mostly through overhead power lines. As such to promote e-buses, e-trolleys and e-cars on the route, cables and other equipment will be installed along service lanes.

How it will solve the issue of traffic congestion?

1. NH-344M

  • The highway connects NH-44, NH-10 and NH-48.
  • It will serve as an additional western ring road in Delhi, offering an alternative route for traffic from West and South Delhi, IGI Airport, and Gurgaon heading towards Chandigarh, Punjab, J&K, Jaipur and Jhajjar in Haryana.
  • The route will help commuters from cities in Haryana and Punjab to Delhi airport within 20-30 minutes instead of the two-hour journey.
  • It also connects to the proposed IICC in Dwarka, improving traffic flow in Delhi.

    2. NH-344P

  • This project will alleviate traffic on NH-44 and establish connectivity between Delhi, Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMPE), and Delhi-Katra Expressway via KMPE.

    3. NH-344N

  • The 4-lane highway eases congestion on NH-10 in Delhi and improves connectivity between Eastern Haryana and Kanjhawala in Delhi, as well as a shorter connection between Delhi and KMP Expressway.

Six Greenfield Airports To Be Operational In Next Three Years

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Six new greenfield airports will be operationalised in the next three years.

This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

The airports which are expected to be operational include airports at Navi Mumbai, Vijayapura, Hassan, Noida (Jewar), Hirasar and Dholera.

However, the timelines for construction of airports depends upon various factors such as land acquisition, mandatory clearances, removal of obstacles, financial closure etc. by the respective airport developers.

The Government has accorded ‘In-Principle’ approval for setting up of 21 new Greenfield Airports namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogga in Karnataka, Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh across the country.;

Out of these, 11 Greenfield airports have been operationalized so far including six airports in last 3 years.

The six airports include Orvakal (Kurnool) in 2021, Sindhudurg in 2021, Kushinagar in 2021, Itanagar in 2022, Mopa in 2023 and Shivamogga in 2023.

Navi Mumbai International Airport

The work on the first phase development of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) will be completed by December 2024.

The NMIA project will be developed in phases, with a capacity to handle 60 million passengers per annum (MPPA) and 1.5 million tonne cargo per annum. In the initial phase, NMIA will implement passenger capacity of 20 MPPA and 800,000 tonne per annum of cargo handling.

The project is being implemented by Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL), which is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with equity participation of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited and CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation), in 74:26 ratio.

Vijayapura Airport

Vijayapura Airport is being built by the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) at the cost of Rs 220 crore.

The project site is located 15 km from the city on 727-acres of land in Madhabavi, located outside the city premises.

The airport project is at an advanced stage of construction, with more than 80 per cent of the work completed.

The greenfield airport will feature a passenger terminal building (the terminal will resemble the temples of Hampi), aircraft apron, a singular 1.9 km runway to handle Airbus-320.

Hassan Airport

Hassan Airport is a greenfield airport being constructed at Boovanahalli village, 6 km from the city.

The work in the first package is set to end by April 2023.

The current runway has been planned to accommodate ATR-72 flights. Provision has been made to extend the runway to land Airbus 320.

Noida International Airport

The work on the first phase of the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh is progressing on time and will start functioning by 2024-end.

The first phase spread over 1,334 hectares will have one runway, cargo hub along with a terminal that will cater to domestic and international passengers.

As per the concession agreement, the first phase for 12 million passengers per annum is to be completed and made operational by September 2024.

Hirasar Airport

The airport at Hirasar in Gujarat’s Rajkot district will be ready for operations by the end of this month.

The new greenfield airport is located approximately 30 km from Rajkot city and on the Rajkot-Ahmadabad highway (NH-47).

The airport has been designed with the longest runway in the state, with a length of 3.5 km. The runway will be capable to serve AirBus-321 type of aircraft and the apron will be suitable for parking 14 aircraft.

Dholera Airport

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Dholera International Airport project in Gujarat in June 2022.

The new greenfield airport in Dholera is planned to be operational by 2025-26 and is estimated to cost around Rs 1,305 crore to be built.

The airport is expected to experience initial passenger traffic of 3 lakh passengers per annum, besides cargo traffic of an estimated 20,000 tonnes in its opening year alone.

These projections are likely to rise even further, with passenger and freight traffic estimates reaching 23 lakh and 2,73,000 tonnes, respectively, in a period of 20 years.

Uttarakhand: Dhami Government Allocates Rs 101 Crore For Metro Rail In Dehradun

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The Uttarakhand government has made a big push for the metro connectivity in Dehradun in the State Budget presented on 15 March.

Presenting the Budget 2023, Finance Minister Prem Chand Aggarwal announced a special allocation of Rs 101 crore for metro service in the state capital city.

Dehradun Metro

The 22.42-km-long Metro project in Dehradun will be a Metro Neo service.

There will be two corridors: North-South corridor from Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) to Gandhi Park and East-West corridor from Forest Research Institute (FRI) to Raipur.

The 8.52 km ISBT-Gandhi Park corridor will have a total of 10 stations, all elevated and will pass through important areas such as Sewla Kalan, ITI, Chamanpuri, Patthri Bagh, Railway Station, Court and Ghantaghar.

The 13.90-km FRI-Raipur corridor will have 15 stations and will pass through areas like Ballupur Chowk, IMA Blood Bank, Doon School, Malhotra Bazar, and Ghantaghar.

The project has already been approved by the Uttarakhand government, said officials from Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UKMRC) and is awaiting approval from the Central Government.

In the next phase, the metro will be extended to connect with the holy city of Haridwar-Rohsikesh.

Neo metro

Metro projects are capital intensive in nature. Due to high capital expenditure nature of the metro rail, MetroLite and MetroNeo have come up as alternatives to conventional metro rail.

MetroNeo is rubber-tyred electric coach powered by overhead traction system running on a road slab with an exclusive right of way, standard specification of which has been issued in November 2020.

It provides a similar experience and ease of travel in terms of comfort, convenience, safety, punctuality, reliability and environment-friendliness as that of a conventional metro system. This is suitable for tier-two cities and can be developed at a cost of about 25 per cent of conventional metro system.

Low capital cost of MetroNeo is attributed to much lighter civil structure due to lesser axle load (10 ton), absence of track and signalling, open and simple station structure, and requirement of low power rated electrical equipments among other factors.

The 32 km long Nashik Metro Neo Project in Maharashtra is the country’s first Metro Neo project. The project having two corridors got Cabinet approval in March, 2021 and is expected to be completed in four years.

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