The Hindu Business Line : `Work on 2nd Mumbai airport after ICAO clearance'

The Government plans to start work on construction of the second airport in Mumbai within the next two months after the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) gives the clearance for the project to come up.

"We have sent a communication to ICAO and hope to get a response in the next two months. Work on the second airport in Mumbai would begin then," the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, told Business Line.

ICAO, a specialised agency of the United Nations to promote safe and orderly development of international civil aviation through the world, also sets standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety and security. The UN agency has already collected data simulating study for conflict free operations from the existing and the proposed new greenfield airports.

Growing traffic

The new greenfield airport is likely to come up in Navi Mumbai to meet the long-term requirements of air traffic of the Mumbai region, as the existing airport is likely to get saturated in the near future and there is little scope for further expansion there.

The new airport in Mumbai is among the several Greenfield airports that the Government plans to develop around the country including one on the outskirts of Delhi at Noida.

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