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यूपी में कांग्रेस की जमीन है लेकिन बहुत मेहनत की जरुरत

News Mantra — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 09:02:27 +0000

-संदीप सोनवलकर वरिष्ठ पत्रकार
इस साल देश के चुनाव है और देश का जब भी चुनाव होता है तो सत्ता का रास्ता उत्तरप्रदेश से ही निकलता है . उत्तरप्रदेश की 80 सीटें ही तय कर देती है कि देश की कमान कौन संभालेगा .भाजपा ने तो उत्तरप्रदेश में अयोध्या के राममंदिर के सहारे ही अपना चुनाव प्रचार शुरु भी कर दिया और उधर कांग्रेस ने उत्तरप्रदेश की तीन साल से महासचिव रहीं प्रियंका गांधी को हटाकर अनुभवी संगठनकर्ता अविनाश पांडे को महासचिव बनाकर कमान दी है . जाहिर है अब अविनाश पांडे को साबित करना होगा कि वो यूपी में कांग्रेस को फिर से कैसे जिंदा कर पाते हैं. अविनाश पांडे से खास बात की वरिष्ठ पत्रकार संदीप सोनवलकर ने

सवाल .. उत्तरप्रदेश में कैसे बनायेंगे कांग्रेस को चुनौती बहुत बड़ी है .

जवाब … उत्तरप्रदेश में कार्यकर्ता की कमी नहीं है माननीय प्रियंका गांधी ने भी संगठन को आगे ले जाने के लिए बहुत मेहनत की लेकिन अब सबसे बड़ी चुनौती बेहतर चुनावी परिणाम की है . हम इंडिया अलायंस के साथ गठबंधन में चुनाव लड़ने जा रहे हैं .सीटों का फैसला पार्टी की समिती और आलाकमान मिल कर करेंगे .उत्तरप्रदेश में कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ता लगातार सड़क पर बने हुये हैं .नये अध्यक्ष अजय राय युवा और जूझारु है .. सबको साथ लेकर चलना है . हम लोगों तक ये बात पहुंचायेंगे कि मोदी सरकार देश का माहौल बिगाड़ रही है और मंहगाई तथा रोजगार जैसे सवालों पर लगातार बचकर चल रही है

सवाल .. बीजेपी राममंदिर का मुददा उठा रही है कैसे इसका मुकाबला करेंगे ..

जवाब .. देखिये राममंदिर के सबसे पहली शुरुआत तो राजीव गांधी जी ने की थी . हमारे लिए ये राजनीति का नहीं बल्कि आस्था का मुददा है. राम सबके है और प्रभु श्री राम तो मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम कहलाते हैं . भगवान राम का मंदिर बने ये सब चाहते हैं लेकिन इसके लिए किसी और समुदाय या लोगों को डराना और आतंकित करना ठीक नहीं है .सबको साथ लेकर ये काम होना चाहिये . हमें भी जब संभव होगा दर्शन करने जायेंगे . इस पर बीजेपी राजनीति करना चाहती है और इसे राजनीति का मुददा बना रही है जबकि ये तो लोगों की आस्था का सवाल है .

सवाल.. गठबंधन में बहुत सी मुश्किलें सामने आ रही है कैसे गठबंधन होगा कितनी सीट पर लड़ेंगे ..

जवाब .. देखिये हम इंडिया अलायंस के साथ चुनाव लड़ेगे इसमें कोई भी संकोच नहीं है.कौन कितनी सीट पर लड़ेगा ये आलाकमान तय करेगा हमारी प्राथमिकता ऐसे उम्मीदवार का चयुन करना होगा जो फासिस्टवादी भाजपा को हरा सके . अगर हमने उत्तरप्रदेश में भाजपा का रथ रोक दिया तो फिर केंद्र में मोदी सरकार की वापसी मुश्किल होगी . लोगों को ये बताना होगा कि हम देश और संविधान को बचाना चाहते हैं. सीटों के बारे में मिलकर तय करेंगे अभी से यह कहना ठीक नहीं कि कौन कितनी सीटें पर लड़ेगा .

सवाल .. मोदी के सामने चेहरा कौन होगा क्या राहुल गांधी चेहरा होंगे ..

जवाब ..माननीय श्री राहुल गांधी लगातार देश के सवालों को उठा रहे हैं और उनकी कही हुयी हर बात सही साबित हो रही है. राहुल जी देश के गरीब . दलित अल्पसंख्यक सबकी बात कर रहे हैं राहुल जी ने ही ओबीसी की जातिगत जनगणना की बात कही है . देश में हम न्याय स्कीम चाहते हैं जिसमें सबको बराबर से तरक्की का मौका मिले ..जब तक देश के हर व्यक्ति को अवसर नहीं मिलेगा तब तक कैसा विकास और किसका विकास . मोदी सरकार तो बस अपने कुछ उघोगपति मित्रों का ही विकास कर रही है और बाकी देश की जनता मंहगाई और बेरोजगारी से परेशान है ..माननीय राहुल गांधी विचार धारा की लड़ाई लड़ रहे है और असली सवाल उठा रहें है तभी तो मोदी सरकार ने उनकी संसद सदस्यता तक छीनने की कोशिश की .हम सत्ता के लिए नहीं देश के लिए काम करना चाहते हैं.

सवाल ..यूपी में ब्राह्मण और सवर्ण समाज बीस फीसदी से ज्यादा है . क्या आप उनको कांग्रेस के साथ जोड़ पायेंगे ..

जवाब.. ये सच है कि मैं ब्राह्मण समाज से हूं और इसका मुझे गर्व भी है लेकिन हमने कभी इस तरह की जातिगत राजनीति नहीं की .. यूपी में हम ब्राह्मण और सवर्ण ही नहीं दलित अल्पसंख्यक और सभी समाज को साथ लेकर चलना चाहते हैं. ब्राह्मण समाज के अपने सवाल है उनको भी रोजगार और मंहगाई की उतनी ही तकलीफ है जितनी बाकी सबको .. हम सबकी बात सुनेंगे और सभी को साथ लेकर चलने की कोशिश करेंगे .

हमारा मत

उत्तर प्रदेश में कांग्रेस जिस डरावने गर्त में पड़ी हुई है, वहां से उसका फिर से ऊपर उठना आसान नहीं है। ऐसे दुर्गम हालात में नए प्रभारी अविनाश पांडे से बहुत उम्मीद करना राजनीतिक बेवकूफी ही साबित होगी। हालांकि अविनाश पांडे को बेहद बिगड़े राजनीतिक हालात सम्हालने और सुधारने में महारत हासिल है। अपनी इस सामर्थ्य क्षमता का प्रदर्शन वे राजस्थान में कांग्रेस की सरकार उलटने निकले सचिन पायलट की बगावत को सम्हालकर बखूबी कर चुके हैं। झारखंड में भी प्रभारी के तौर पर हालात को सहेजने में वे सफल साबित रहे हैं। लेकिन जिस पार्टी ने 1947 से 1989 के बीच लगभग चार दशक तक उत्तर प्रदेश पर राज किया वो कांग्रेस अब लोकसभा की केवल एक सीट पर सिमट गई है और 403 सीटों वाली उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा में केवल दो सीटों तक सिमट कर रह गई कांग्रेस पार्टी को राज्य में यहां से आगे ले जाना पांडे के लिए बड़ी जिम्मेदारी मानी जा रही है।

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UP Govt honoured PFC

Newsmantra — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:15:33 +0000

PFC was honored with an appreciation award by the Hon’ble CM of UP Shri Yogi Adityanath, in recognition of its significant contribution to enhancing the infrastructure facilities of government schools in Uttar Pradesh through its CSR initiative. Shri Ali Shah, ED (CSR & HR), received the award,

PFC’s dedication to improving educational infrastructure in government run schools and making a positive impact in the state.

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UP Govt honoured PFC

Newsmantra — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:10:15 +0000

PFC was honoured with an appreciation award by the Hon’ble CM of UP Shri Yogi Adityanath, in recognition of its significant contribution to enhancing the infrastructure facilities of government schools in Uttar Pradesh through its CSR initiative. Shri Ali Shah, ED (CSR & HR), received the award,
PFC’s dedication to improving educational infrastructure in government-run schools and making a positive impact in the state.

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AAP’s Bhagwant Mann Says Oath At Bhagat Singh village

Newsmantra — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:00:06 +0000

Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann announced that his oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

He also announced that government offices will not have the photo of the Chief Minister as is the custom.

“The oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, but at Khatkarkalan. The date will be announced later,” he said in his victory speech in Dhuri, where he won by over 58,000 votes.

“No government office will carry a picture of Chief Minister, instead there will be pictures of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar,” Mr Mann announced.

Underlining the scale of the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory by naming the heavyweights who have lost, the AAP leader said, “Bade (Parkash Singh) Badal Sahib has lost, Sukhbir (Badal) has lost from Jalalabad, Captain has lost from Patiala, Sidhu and Majithia are also losing, (Charanjit Singh) Channi has lost on both the seats.”

Mr Mann said his first order of business after taking office will be schools, health, industry, making agriculture profitable, the safety of women and improving sports infrastructure.

“You will start seeing the change in Punjab within one month,” he promised.

Appealing to people to work together, he said those who did not vote for the AAP need not worry as the government will work for all sections of the society.

meanwhileIn the worst-ever electoral performance in the 13 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections held after the reorganisation in 1966, 100-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal could not get to double digit mark, hitting another low this time winning only three seats compared with 15 it had won in the 117-member Vidhan Sabha in 2017 elections. The only SAD candidates who won were Bikram Singh Majithia’s wife Ganieve Kaur (from Majitha), Manpreet Singh Ayali from Dakha and Dr Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi from Banga. SAD won a seat each in Majha, Malwa and Doaba regions.

The February 20 elections in Punjab proved their Waterloo for the majority of the big guns, including chief ministerial candidates of Congress and Shiromani Akali, as they were routed by AAP nominees. They included 94-year-old Akali patron and five-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, who until this election had the distinction of not losing any poll. He lost to Gurmeet Singh Khudian of AAP from Lambi by a margin of 11,396 votes. Such was the scale of AAP wave that SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal also lost badly from his bastion of Jalalabad to AAP candidate Jagdeep Kamboj by 30,930 votes.

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2022 has decided 2024: PM Modi

Newsmantra — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:53:09 +0000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies and his party’s “double-engine” electoral plank amid criticism of the handling of the pandemic and job losses, especially in main battleground UP where Yogi Adityanath was seeking a second term while The AAP swept Punjab, packing off stalwarts and uprooting rival parties to change the political landscape

Elated over the BJP’s 4/5 score, Modi, addressing party workers in New Delhi, said he hoped “political pundits, who did not think much of the party’s 2019 (Lok Sabha) win saying it had already been decided by the 2017 UP results, will now have the courage to say that the 2022 (UP) results have decided the 2024 (Lok Sabha) results.”

With the BJP set to form governments again in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, Modi said: “A hill state adjacent to the border, a coastal state, a state with special blessings of Mother Ganga and a state on the northeastern border, the BJP has received blessings from all four directions.”

Many people had said that the fate of the 2019 general election was decided when the 2017 UP election result was declared,” PM Modi said, addressing the BJP workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi this evening.

“All I can say is that the same thought applies now too… the 2024 general election result can be glimpsed in the result of the 2022 UP election,” he added.

The BJP has set a record of sorts being the first party in nearly 40 years to get a second straight term. It was a first also in hill state Uttarakhand, which, since inception, has never re-elected a ruling government.

It was the party’s chief strategist Amit Shah, who had drummed in the need for a victory in Uttar Pradesh months ago, saying “A win in UP will influence the 2024 elections”. The BJP has done more than just win — it has also increased its vote share from the 39.7 per cent of 2017 to 45 per cent.

The party’s performance will also give it a boost in the coming Rajya Sabha polls on March 31 and thereby, the Presidential elections due later this year.

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Big UP Win for BJP

Newsmantra — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:47:53 +0000

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who won a record second term today celebrated his big triumph with holi colours and sweets at the BJP’s office in Lucknow.

It was a sea of saffron as Yogi Adityanath waved victory signs at hundreds of BJP workers gathered at the party office, many waving the party’s flag. Before the counting of votes, the BJP had promised “early holi” celebrations.

“Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, today the BJP won a majority in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The voters have blessed Modi-ji‘s policies of development and good governance,” the Chief Minister told the ecstatic crowd.

Today’s win catapults the saffron-wearing Yogi Adityanath even higher, to the BJP’s top rung.

The win defied predictions of anti-incumbency hitting the BJP in UP amid a devastating wave of Covid and the farmer protests.

Many see Yogi Adityanath, 49, who is known to make divisive speeches, as a Prime Minister candidate one day.

In a recent interview to Reuters, however, the priest-politician said: “I am just a monk… I will serve the people of the state till the party wants or else I will serve people through my … temple.”

BJP has scripted history in Uttar Pradesh as it retained power for the second term in India’s most populous state. While Yogi Adityanath was the CM face of the party, but the campaign was largely led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. The BJP scored victory in Uttar Pradesh despite Akhilesh Yadav’s challenge, farm protests and caste dynamics.

In the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly, the BJP has won 255 seats, 53 more than the halfway mark of 202. Its allies Apna Dal(S) and Nishad Party clinched 12 and 6 seats respectively.

The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) won 111 constituencies and its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal of Jayant Chaudhary 8 and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party of Om Prakash Rajbhar grabbed 6.

While Congress managed to win two seats, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) could only get one seat despite polling 12.88 per cent votes.

The BJP’s vote share rose to 41.29 per cent as against 39.67 per cent in the 2017 assembly elections. The vote share of the SP increased from 21.82 per cent in 2017 to 32.06 per cent.

It was a high-stakes election in UP for the Bharatiya Janata Party as the state sends the highest number of 80 MPs to Lok Sabha and the party’s performance will have a bearing on the 2024 general election.

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UP Witness Over 60% Voter Turnout

Newsmantra — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:05:13 +0000

Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 60.1 per cent in the third of the seven phase polls in the state while Punjab reported 63 per cent polling. The average voter turnout for the single-phase election to the 117-member assembly in Punjab was 63.44 per cent, according to the state chief electoral office, while in Uttar Pradesh, where 59 constituencies went to polls in phase three, it was 60.63 per cent.

the Election Commission on Sunday issued a notice to a BJP candidate in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly making an inflammatory statement, and said he prima facie violated the model code and the electoral law. The poll watchdog gave Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, the BJP candidate from the Tiloi assembly constituency in Amethi, 24 hours to respond.

Counting of votes in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, along with Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, will take place on March 10.

meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted rivals Samajwadi Party and the Congress in Uttar Pradesh today, adding to allegations that the parties are soft on terror. Pointing to the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, which claimed 56 lives and left over 200 people injured, he said some parties are sympathetic to terrorists. Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is the BJP’s biggest challenger it the state where the third phase of elections are being held today.

Speaking at a rally in Hardoi, he accused the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh government of seeking to withdraw cases against terrorists.

“The attitude of the leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress has been even more alarming. These people address a terrorist like Osama as ‘ji’. These people shed tears over the elimination of terrorists in Batla House encounter,” he said.

“Similarly, in 14 cases of terrorist attacks in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi government had given orders to withdraw the cases from many terrorists. These people were setting off blast after blast, and the Samajwadi Party government was not even allowing these terrorists to be prosecuted,” he added.

The BJP has traditionally accused the Congress of appeasement politics because of its sizeable Muslim support base. Once this support shifted to the Samajwadi Party, the barbs got sharper.

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UP records 60.51% voter turnout

Newsmantra — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:14:55 +0000

Polling for the first phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ended at 6 pm on Thursday, with the state recording a voting turnout of 60.51 per cent. Even as the overall voting process remained peaceful, there were reports of a technical error in EVMs at a few places. As many as 623 candidates were in the fray and around 2.27 crore people were eligible to vote in this phase in which a total of 58 constituencies spread across 11 districts in the western belt of the state went to polls.

Prime Minister MODI , while addressing an election rally in UP’s Saharanpur, said the Yogi Adityanath government has consistently worked towards preventing crimes against Muslim women, while the Opposition has stood in the way of their progress for the sake of votes.

A bulk of the UP seats, which went to polls today, are Jat dominated who had participated actively in the stir against the Centre’s three contentious agriculture laws in the national capital last year. The fiercely contested first round, where the ruling BJP is expected to face a stiff challenge from the resurgent alliance of (SP) and (RLD), will test the impact of the farmers stir.

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary faced backlash after saying he may skip voting because of election rallies. He later said he would vote in the evening at his constituency in Mathura, but failed to return in time from Bijnor, where he was campaigning with ally Akhilesh Yadav.

Their combine is seen as the big challenger to the Yogi Adityanath government. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has augmented his Muslim-Yadav support base with small parties have a following among the Other Backward Classes.

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PM lays the foundation Stone of Noida International Airport

Newsmantra — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 05:33:58 +0000

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation Stone of Noida International Airport, Uttar Pradesh today. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath, Union Ministers Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gen V K Singh, Shri Sanjiv Baliyan, Shri SP Singh Baghel and Shri B L Varma were among those present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said The new India of the 21st century is building one of the best modern infrastructure today. “Better roads, better rail network, better airports are not just infrastructure projects but they transform the entire region, transforming people’s lives completely”, he said.

The Prime Minister said Noida International Airport will become the logistics gateway of northern India. This airport will make the entire region a powerful symbol of the National Gatishakti Masterplan, he added.

Commenting on the economic fallout of infrastructure development, the Prime Minister said employment opportunities are created during airport construction. The airport also requires thousands of people to run smoothly.Therefore “this airport will also give new employment to thousands of people of western UP”.

The Prime Minister remarked that after 7 decades of independence, for the first time, Uttar Pradesh has started getting what it has always deserved. With the efforts of the double engine government, today Uttar Pradesh is turning into the most connected region of the country. He said, NOIDA International Airport will play a major role in the growing aviation sector of India and will be a key center of maintenance, repair and operations of aircrafts. He informed that the Maintenance, repair and overhaul MRO facility is coming up in 40 acre, giving employment to hundreds of young people. Today India spends thousands of crore rupees for getting these services abroad.

Commenting on the integrated multi-modal cargo hub that is coming up, he said that in a land-locked state like Uttar Pradesh airport will be very useful. This hub will serve industrial centres like Aligarh, Mathura, Meerut, Agra, Bijnor, Moradabad and Bareilly. He said Khurja artisans, Meerut Sports Industry, Saharanpur furniture, brass industry of Moradabad, Agra footwear and Petha industry will get huge support from the upcoming infrastructure.

The Prime Minister said Uttar Pradesh, which the previous governments kept in deprivation and darkness,the Uttar Pradesh which was shown false dreams by the previous governments is making its mark not only nationally but also internationally. The Prime Minister cited Jewar airport as an example of how the earlier governments in UP and at the Center ignored the development of western Uttar Pradesh. He said two decades ago the BJP government of UP had conceptualised this project. But later this airport was entangled in the tussle of the earlier governments in Delhi and Lucknow for many years. The government which was earlier in UP had written a letter to the then central government and told that the project of this airport should be shelved. Now with the efforts of the double engine government, today we are witnessing the Bhumi Pujan of the same airport.

The Prime Minister said “infrastructure is not part of politics for us but part of national policy (Rashtra Niti). We are making sure that the projects do not get stuck, do not hang in limbo or do not go astray. We try to ensure that the infrastructure work is completed within the stipulated time”.

The Prime Minister commented that some political parties in our country have always kept their self-interest paramount. “The thinking of these people is self-interest, only their own and the development of their family. Whereas we follow the spirit of nation first. Sabka Saath – Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas – Sabka Efforts is our mantra”, The Prime Minister said.

The Prime Minister listed the recent initiatives undertaken by the government. He talked about the milestone of 100 crore vaccine doses, determination of net zero goal by 2070, Kushinagar Airport, 9 medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh, new dam and irrigation projects in Mahoba, Defence corridor and related projects in Jhansi, Purvanchal expressway, celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, modern railway station in Bhopal, National highway in Pandharpur, Maharashtra and, today, Noida International Airport. “Selfish policies of certain political parties could not stand in front of our patriotism and national service”, the Prime Minister concluded.

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PM to lay the foundation stone of Noida International Airport

Newsmantra — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:12:29 +0000

Uttar Pradesh is poised to become the only state in India to have five international airports, as Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh on 25 November, 2021 at 1 PM.

The development of the airport is in line with the vision of the Prime Minister towards boosting connectivity and creating a future-ready aviation sector. A special focus of this grand vision has been on the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) that is witnessing the development of multiple new international airports including the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport and the under construction international airport at Ayodhya.

This airport will be the second international airport to come up in Delhi NCR. It will help decongest the IGI Airport. It is strategically located and will serve the people of cities including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighbouring areas.

The airport will be the logistics gateway of northern India. Due to its scale and capacity, the airport will be a gamechanger for UP. It will unleash the potential of UP to the world, and help establish the state on the global logistics map. For the first time, an airport in India has been conceptualised with an integrated multi modal cargo hub, with a focus on reducing the total cost and time for logistics. The dedicated cargo terminal will have a capacity of 20 lakh metric tonne, which will be expanded to 80 lakh metric tonne. Through facilitating seamless movement of industrial products, the airport will play a crucial role in helping the region attract huge investments, boost rapid industrial growth, and enable reach of local products to national and international markets. This will bring new opportunities for numerous enterprises, and also create tremendous employment opportunities.

The airport will develop a Ground Transportation Centre that will feature a multimodal transit hub, housing metro and high-speed rail stations, taxi, bus services and private parking. This will enable seamless connectivity of the airport with road, rail, and metro. Noida and Delhi will be connected to the airport through hassle free metro service. All major nearby roads and highways like the Yamuna Expressway, Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and others will be connected to the airport. The airport will also be linked to the planned Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail, enabling the journey between Delhi and airport in only 21 minutes.

The airport will also house a state-of-art MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhauling) Service. The design of the airport is focussed on low operating costs and seamless and fast transfer processes for passengers. The airport is introducing a swing aircraft stand concept, providing flexibility for airlines to operate an aircraft for both domestic and international flights from the same contact stand, without having to re-position the aircraft. This will ensure quick and efficient aircraft turnarounds at the airport, while ensuring a smooth and seamless passenger transfer process.

It will be India’s first net zero emissions airport. It has earmarked dedicated land to be developed as forest park using trees from the project site. NIA will preserve all native species and be nature positive throughout the development of the airport.

The development of the first phase of the airport is being done with a cost of over Rs 10,050 crore. Spread over more than 1300 hectares of land, the completed first phase of the airport will have a capacity to serve around 1.2 crore passengers a year and work on it is scheduled to be completed by 2024. It will be executed by the international bidder Zurich Airport International AG as concessionaire. The groundwork for the first phase regarding land acquisition and rehabilitation of the affected families has been completed.

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