PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for the project Sunday. New airport likely to be completed by 2021, three years after existing airport gets saturated.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The Government should still work on the Kalyan Airport plan wherein more passengers from Kalyan-Badlapur-Dombivili-Thane and other areas are benefited.
It will futher reduce the burden on both Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports as flight travel is the next mode of transport in coming years.
For Bombay airport to have a single runway – actually, there is a second runway which is at an angle to it – is understandable, since few could have foreseen the explosive growth of civil aviation when it was built. However, Navi Mumbai airport should look at least fifty years to the future, also contemplate a situation where it might replace the existing airport altogether. There should have been a provision for a third parallel runway. See how much difficulty Heathrow is facing to add a runway. Stage One of one million passengers will reach saturation almost on day one. Stage Two should be set rolling at the earliest. The early completion of the trans harbour link is also vital to improve connectivity for the Navi Mumbai airport, a child of many prayers.
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The Government should still work on the Kalyan Airport plan wherein more passengers from Kalyan-Badlapur-Dombivili-Thane and other areas are benefited.
It will futher reduce the burden on both Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports as flight travel is the next mode of transport in coming years.
For Bombay airport to have a single runway – actually, there is a second runway which is at an angle to it – is understandable, since few could have foreseen the explosive growth of civil aviation when it was built. However, Navi Mumbai airport should look at least fifty years to the future, also contemplate a situation where it might replace the existing airport altogether. There should have been a provision for a third parallel runway. See how much difficulty Heathrow is facing to add a runway. Stage One of one million passengers will reach saturation almost on day one. Stage Two should be set rolling at the earliest. The early completion of the trans harbour link is also vital to improve connectivity for the Navi Mumbai airport, a child of many prayers.
Stage One, Ten million.