Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy

India Today  

In one of the biggest protests in recent times, around 50,000 residents of Navi Mumbai tried to gherao the headquarters of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra or CIDCO at Belapur on June 24. They wanted to name the still-under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport after the late socialist leader Di. They had gathered under the aegis of the Navi Mumbai International Airport Namakaran Kruti Samiti, an organisation comprising mainly of sons-of-the-soil whose land parcels have been acquired for constructing Mumbai’s second international airport. He united the land owners, mainly farmers, against the minimum compensation being offered by the government in lieu of acquiring their land for Navi Mumbai’s creation.

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Navi Mumbai airport: Landing trial on Oct 5, domestic flights from March, international operations from June
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Navi Mumbai airport: Landing trial on Oct 5, domestic flights from March, international operations from June

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: The upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to conduct its first trial landing of an aircraft on October 5, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend. All necessary arrangements are being made with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde himself looking into it.” Modi is expected to inaugurate several infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in the …

Navi Mumbai International Airport plans first trial landing for October 5, operations in June
3 months ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport plans first trial landing for October 5, operations in June

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to conduct its first trial landing of an aircraft on October 5, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend. Domestic operations at the airport are scheduled to begin in March 2025, followed by international operations in June 2025. He was accompanied by CIDCO vice chairman and managing director Vijay Singhal, …

Navi Mumbai Airport to be open by March 2025
5 months, 1 week ago

Navi Mumbai Airport to be open by March 2025

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: The Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation, Murlidhar Mohol, on Saturday said that the under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport will be operational by March 2025. HT Image The announcement came following an inspection of the airport project site by union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu and Mohol along with Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde, CIDCO and …

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025
5 months, 1 week ago

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025

The Hindu  

The new international airport in Navi Mumbai will be operational starting March 2025, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on July 13. Patil International Airport, along India’s first civil aviation airport at Juhu and the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, will be the third airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu …

Maharashtra CM Shinde Announces Third Airport in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra CM Shinde Announces Third Airport in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: After Mumbai and the upcoming Navi Mumbai airports, Maharashtra will soon have another airport at Palghar in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday told the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha on Friday that looking at the rising air traffic need, the state government is exploring the possibility of constructing the airport at Palghar. The airport will serve …

CIDCO plans two more metro routes for improved Naina-Airport connectivity
9 months, 2 weeks ago

CIDCO plans two more metro routes for improved Naina-Airport connectivity

Hindustan Times  

NAVI MUMBAI: CIDCO, after launching the Navi Mumbai Metro project Line 1, is set to extend its metro network with two new routes in the Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area. In its recently presented annual budget, CIDCO vice chairman and managing director Vijay Singhal has allocated ₹539.37 crore to the NAINA region development and ₹690 crore for metro expansion …

Navi Mumbai international airport will be operational by March 2025: Scindia
11 months, 1 week ago

Navi Mumbai international airport will be operational by March 2025: Scindia

The Hindu  

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said the Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to be commercially operational by March 2025. “The airport aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of multimodal connectivity under the Gati Shakti Yojana, featuring road, rail, and metro links, with potential water connectivity,” Mr. Scindia said. Contrary to Mr. Scindia’s claims, in June last year, …

Navi Mumbai airport's first phase to be operational by March-end next year: Scindia
11 months, 1 week ago

Navi Mumbai airport's first phase to be operational by March-end next year: Scindia

Hindustan Times  

Thane, Jan 14 Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the Navi Mumbai international airport will be commercially operational by March 2025. Incidentally, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devebdra Fadnavis have been earlier quoted as saying that the airport will begin commercial operations by the second half of 2024. Referring to the vision of Prime Minister …

Navi Mumbai International Airport: To Operate in November This Year, Plan for Dual-Airport Cities Revealed
11 months, 1 week ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport: To Operate in November This Year, Plan for Dual-Airport Cities Revealed

News 18  

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Navi Mumbai international airport will become operational from November or December this year, and also announced that in the next 10 to 15 years, at least 10 cities in India will have two airports each. “The country had been waiting since the last 60 years to see Mumbai getting connected to Navi …

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister
1 year ago

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister

The Hindu  

The proposal to name the upcoming airport in Navi Mumbai after late leader D B Patil has reached the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is likely to be approved soon, Union Minister Kapil Patil has said. Speaking at a symposium organised during the Agri Mahotsav on the topic 'Loknete D B Patil International Airport' at Dombivili on Saturday, …

Navi Mumbai airport will start functioning next year, says Devendra Fadnavis
1 year, 5 months ago

Navi Mumbai airport will start functioning next year, says Devendra Fadnavis

Live Mint  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state legislative assembly on Friday that the Navi Mumbai airport will become functional next year, 2024. Planes will take off from the airport in August next year, Devendra Fadnavis informed the legislative assembly. It was then that Devendra Fadnavis informed that Navi Mumbai airport will be made functional next year. “Navi Mumbai …

Is India’s new airport in Mumbai safe? Bird strike experts say no
1 year, 8 months ago

Is India’s new airport in Mumbai safe? Bird strike experts say no

Al Jazeera  

Activists say site for Navi Mumbai International Airport is dangerously close to bird sanctuaries and roosting spots. Mumbai, India – When the first runway at Navi Mumbai International Airport becomes operational in late 2024, Mumbai’s second airport will be able to handle 20 million passengers a year. “Now at the Navi Mumbai site, where there is a flamingo sanctuary nearby, …

Navi Mumbai International Airport: Operations to Begin by 2024 End, Confirm Officials
1 year, 8 months ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport: Operations to Begin by 2024 End, Confirm Officials

News 18  

The Navi Mumbai International Airport currently is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Maharashtra. This project is being developed by the Adani Group-led Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited. After numerous obstacles, Navi Mumbai International Airport is expected to open and be inaugurated in December 2024 as claimed by Adani Airports CEO Arun Bansal. In February 2017, Gunapati Venkata …

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row

News 18  

The Maharashtra Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has cleared the proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after DB Patil, the former Peasants & Workers Party leader from Navi Mumbai. The development takes place after protests erupted in parts of Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts after the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government’s decision to name …

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv

Firstpost  

The cabinet meeting chaired by the beleaguered Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also approved the naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late D B Patil. Mumbai: As the fate of the Maharashtra government hangs in balance, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar, and that of Osmanabad city as Dharashiv. Interestingly, …

Navi Mumbai citizens get additional 778 units in existing Mega Housing Scheme 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

Navi Mumbai citizens get additional 778 units in existing Mega Housing Scheme 2022

India Today  

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharastra Ltd has expanded the existing Mega Housing Scheme 2022 on the auspicious occasion of Holi in Navi Mumbai. Launched on Republic Day festivities, around 5,730 tenements were made available to the economically weaker sections and general category residents in Navi Mumbai's Taloja Node. Tenements have been added from Ghansoli, Kalamboli, Kharghar, Dronagiri …

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act
3 years, 4 months ago

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act

Op India  

On August 2 several Shiv Sainiks barged into the landscaped garden at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, uprooted the Adani signboard and planted saffron flags. Maharashtra: Shiv Sena workers vandalise Adani signboard, which was placed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/mzfypdwp0A — ANI August 2, 2021 The protestors led by Bharatiya Kamgar Sena General Secretary Sanjay …

Navi Mumbai International Airport- Boon or bane? -Bhupendra Shah analyses
3 years, 5 months ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport- Boon or bane? -Bhupendra Shah analyses

Hindustan Times  

The proposed Navi Mumbai international airport project planned in the city is both a boon and bane for the city at present. Speaking on the project, Shah, who is also the Chairman Trustee Board of Builders Association of Navi Mumbai says, “Fact is that the proposed airport is not really Navi Mumbai’s requirement. Land prices have appreciated manifold up from …

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change

Op India  

On Thursday, a large group of ‘farmer protestors’ took out a demonstration in the City and Industrial Development Corporation over the naming of the newly constructed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The farmers, under the banner of Navi Mumbai International Airport Namakaran Kruti Samiti, hit the streets to protest the naming of the airport after Shiv Sena leader Balashaeb Thackeray. Shiv …

Maharashtra Government Approves Adani to Operate Upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra Government Approves Adani to Operate Upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport

News 18  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved Adani Airport Holdings Ltd to operate the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport in the adjoining Thane-Raigad region, an official said here. The state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray gave its green signal to AAHL as the new concessionaire to the prestigious greenfield airport coming up as a public-private partnership project. With …

Adani group to operate new Navi Mumbai International Airport
3 years, 6 months ago

Adani group to operate new Navi Mumbai International Airport

India TV News  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved Adani Airport Holdings Ltd to operate the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport in the adjoining Thane-Raigad region, an official said here. The state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray gave its green signal to AAHL as the new concessionaire to the prestigious greenfield airport coming up as a public-private partnership project. With …

Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters
3 years, 6 months ago

Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters

News 18  

The Navi Mumbai International Airport will be named after Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, the father of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, it was announced on Thursday. Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, who made the announcement, said the chief minister has assured the DB Patil Action Samiti, which is raising this demand, that some other project will be named …

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