The Centre has put the proposed Rs 3,500-crore global airport hub at Noida in Uttar Pradesh into cold storage and the ambitious project would not be able to keep its date with the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
The matter is pending approval from the Union Cabinet since long even as the government has allowed development of a greenfield airport within the 150-km radius of an existing one on a case-to-case basis.
"However, this relaxation does not apply in this case as the matter was already before the Union Cabinet and not the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)," UP Chief Secretary and Industrial Development Commissioner (IDC) Atul Kumar Gupta told Business Standard.
"Despite our repeated efforts and representations, the issue has
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