The Uttar Pradesh Government has issued a notification to carry out a ‘social impact assessment’ (SIA) for the acquisition of another 2,053 hectares of land for the third-phase of expansion for the upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar, according to officials.
A total of 1,888 hectares of land from 14 villages in Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Jewar tehsil is to be acquired, and the SIA is scheduled to be carried out by Gautam Buddh University and completed by this August 30, according to Mr. Arun Vir Singh, the CEO of Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL).
“The notification for acquisition of 2,053 hectares of land for the third-phase expansion of the airport was issued last week. Land for the first phase [1,365 ha.] and second phase [1,334 ha.] has already been acquired,” said Mr. Singh, who is also the CEO of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
