Navi Mumbai International Airport will become operational in 2024, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday, June 7, after he undertook an aerial inspection of the ongoing works.
Shinde inspected the under-construction Navi Mumbai Airport along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Fadnavis said that this will be a huge gift to Mumbai. He further stated that they inspected the site to get its complete picture from a helicopter and claimed that the work was progressing very fast.
“We then went to the runway and also checked the terminal building. A presentation was then made to us. Work on it [the airport] started in 2017 and we are expecting it to be operational in 2024,” he added.
🕣8:30am | 07-06-2023 📍Navi Mumbai | स. ८.३०वा. | ०७-०६-२०२३ 📍नवी मुंबई.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) June 7, 2023
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He added they visited the site as part of efforts to speed up the work on the airport further and remove any hurdles.
Fadnavis said that the airport is going to be connected with Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the coastal road, and the metro.
It will be a multi-model airport with a capacity to serve 90 million passengers.
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