Green airports would be built in 12 locations across the country, including Karaikal in Pondicherry, according to the central government. Today in the Lok Sabha, Central Aviation minister Jyotir Aditya M Cynthia said: The indian government issued the Green airport Policy in 2008, which lays out the standards, methods, and criteria for the development of new green airports in the country.

There are 21 green airports across the country, namely Moba in Goa, Navi mumbai in Maharashtra, Shirdi and Sindhudurg, Kalaburagi in Karnataka, Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga, Tadia (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and noida (Jwar) in Uttar Pradesh, and Tolera in Gujarat, The central government has approved the setting up at Karaikal, Thakadarti, Bogapuram and Oravakkal in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Bagyong in Sikkim, Kannur in kerala and Holongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh.

International airports are planned at Moba, Navi mumbai, Shirdi, noida (Jawahar), Tolera, Hirasar, Bogapuram, Kannur and Kushinagar and the rest as domestic airports. Of these, eight airports are Durgapur, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Bagyong, Kannur, Kalaburgi, Oravagal and Kushinagar. M/s Zurich airport International AG was awarded the project by the government of Uttar Pradesh for the development of the airport. The process of acquiring 1334 hectares of land for Phase-I of the project has been done, according to the UP government, and possession of the property has been obtained, the minister added.
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11/02/2022 09:00 AM