Govt accords site clearance to Dholera Airport

The central government has accorded site clearance for the greenfield international airport project at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The site clearance information was provided by the minister of state for civil aviation GM Siddeshwara to the Lok Sabha on Monday.

The airport is being developed by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) in 2014.

Meanwhile, Government of India has granted in-principle approval for development of the Greenfield airport projects as international airports at various estimated project costs which include Mopa airport in Goa at Rs 3000 crore, Kannur (Kerala) at Rs 1800 crore, Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) at Rs 14,500 crore, Shirdi (Maharashtra) at Rs 300 crore, and Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) at Rs 355 crore.