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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

Now, here's something interesting!!

Nimish · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject:

If true - this will be excellent news for BOM! Given the perpetual lack of space and lack of political will to expand CSIA, a new airport would be a boon.
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iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2567

How are they going to protect Navi Mumbai shore line if the mangrove forest is decimated. Will this create flooding issues ?

The Union Ministry must still look at the Coastal Zone clearance report before giving the approval for the airport.

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saif.747 · Member Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Posts: 39

lets hope for the construction work 4 navi mumbai airport to begin at the earliest & xpect sum good spotting over thr Razz

lol

me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

Jaysit · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 4346

For an airport to be operational in Navi Mumbai, you will need a highway system from Bombay and environs. As we all know, this will take about 100 years. Meanwhile, the entire eco-system in Navi Mumbai (already nearly decimated) will turn into a hydrogen sulfide emanating Mahim bay.

Oh, and it would be obvious that Praful Patel, Sharad Pawar, assorted Shiv Sena goonda leaders, the Congress, etc., etc., will line their pockets even more than usual.

ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

Pull back your throttles boys, here comes the Hold.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mumbai/Navi-Mumbai-airport-will-destroy-mangroves-Ramesh/articleshow/6139550.cms

As if infrastructure development in other cities will cause nature to bloom.

If the EM were so concerned, would he not examine how much of ecology has been destroyed due to the construction of T3 at DEL? Where does he think that the industrial waste emanating from this construction goes ? disappears into thin air I suppose..just one more of T3's freakish factoids..

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HAWK21M · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject:

Ensuring the new Airport is Expressway connected to the Present one will be a key.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject:

me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

'Nod for Navi Mumbai airport only after eco clearances'

Mumbai: Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday the proposed site for the international airport in Navi Mumbai suffers from three major environment problems — diversion of two rivers, survival of mangroves spread over 400 acres and blasting of a hill.
He accepted Mumbai needs a second airport, but made it clear that the decision needs to be considering all environment factors. He would take a call on clearing the present project in Navi Mumbai only after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) submits its report. Incidentally, EAC is meeting on August 18 to discuss certain clarifications that have been sought on the relevant issues from state-run City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco).
Ramesh’s observation is crucial, especially when Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel made it clear that an alternate site would not be possible for the second airport. Ramesh recalled that the Airports Authority of India had in 1996 selected a site at Revas Mandva in Raigad district. However, after the state government’s advice that Navi Mumbai would be a better site, the option was dropped.
In addition, a group of MPs from the state have sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to ensure an early clearance for the Navi Mumbai airport.
15/08/10 Business Standard
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Devesh · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject:

CSIA, can easily be expanded to accommodate 50% more traffic. But the real reason is for the land at CSIA.

This online petition for suo moto cognisance of the Supreme Court of India is worth a read. Not all the facts, but a good number of them. http://gfilesindia.com/title.aspx?title_id=157
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iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2567

If the airport is ever built at Navi Mumbai, the first things they have to do is to finish building the limited access highway (plus train connections) to the airport WELL before the airport opens. Otherwise it will be a nightmare going to the airport and this may effect domestic traffic to nearby cities.

Both BLR and HYD had unfinished highways when the airports opened (the expressway in HYD is now operational, not sure about BLR) and it took well over 1.5 hours in peak hours to reach the airports.

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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

High-level team will make a pitch for Navi Mumbai airport

The ongoing dispute between the civil aviation and the environment and forests ministries over the proposed site of a second international airport for Mumbai seems unlikely to end soon. While the former has insisted on building the airport at Navi Mumbai, the environment ministry has cited environmental concerns while denying permission for the project.
According to official sources, a team comprising top officials of the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and the state’s urban development ministry along with representatives from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) is scheduled to make a presentation to the environment ministry on Friday. The team is expected to inform the ministry that no site other than the Navi Mumbai one is suitable for constructing the second international airport.
“The team met civil aviation minister Praful Patel on Thursday and briefed him on all issues pertaining to the Navi Mumbai Airport. They informed him that extensive feasibility studies have been conducted by AAI, DGCA and IIT-Bombay on all proposed sites, including Kalyan and Rewas Mandwa, but building the airport at these sites is not feasible,” said a source.
20/08/10 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News &Analysis
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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

Navi Mumbai airport clears last hurdle

Mumbai: Thursday brought a breakthrough in the standoff between Union and state governments over the environmental clearance to Mumbai’s second airport. Officials appeared more than willing to go the extra mile to pave the way for an early clearance of the construction of Navi Mumbai airport.
The Maharashtra government — after consultation with experts in the aviation ministry and the Centre’s hydraulic department — has decided to remove 160 hectares of Waghivali village from the proposed airport area. The area abuts Panvel Creek and two rivers, Gadhi and Ulve, north of the airport site.
This, officials feel, will convince the Union environment ministry of its intent to protect the environment by not tinkering with as much of the river as possible.
The state has also agreed to regenerate and maintain the thick mangrove forest in the portion taken out of the airport area. And, to make up for the portion being lost to save the environment, Cidco will acquire a 160-hectare portion towards the south of the site near Parve village.
03/09/10 Chittaranjan Tembhekar/Economic Times

http://avindia.blogspot.com/2010/09/navi-mumbai-airport-clears-last-hurdle.html
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Jeh · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject:

Saw this on the NDTV website just no:

Yes to Navi Mumbai airport, everyone on board

Mumbai: The second airport for Mumbai has been given the final thumbs-up. The Expert Appraisals Committee that was studying the Navi Mumbai airport for environmental impact has cleared the project.

Planned 30 kilometres away from the current Chattrapati Shivaji airport, the Navi Mumbai airport's location has been a contentious one because of its environmental impact.

After a tug-of-war between the Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, and the Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patel, seemed to have relaxed last month as both shared the terms of a possible compromise.

The plans for the airport have been modified so that one river instead of two will be diverted. Of the 400 acres of mangrove that were originally believed to be in danger, about 100 acres will now be impacted.

The Navi Mumbai airport is scheduled to begin operations in 2013 at Panvel. It's expected to handle an additional 60 million passengers every year.

Does that mean there are no more hurdles in the way?!

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HAWK21M · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject:

So will 2020 be a realistic operational date.
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sri_bom · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore

sri_bom · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore

New proposal for development of Navi Mumbai forwarded
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9-Sep-2013 3:43 PM
Netherlands Airport Consultants proposed developing India's Navi Mumbai International Airport on an artificial island near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area, due to the escalating cost of compensation for land acquisition and development and the concern about environmental clearances (Press Trust of India, 08-Sep-2013). The company has proposed that City and Industrial Development Corporation oversee the creation of a 2500ha island through reclamation of the bay area to the north of JNPT, at a total project cost of INR150 billion (USD2299 million). It has received a “positive response” from the Maharashtra State Government, which intends to discuss it with the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests. Projected costs for the airport have risen to INR145.7 billion (USD2233 million), an increase of more than 300% over the original projections made in 1998. Land acquisition for the existing airport is still facing significant opposition from affected parties and compensation arrangements are yet to be finalised.

HAWK21M · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:43 pm Post subject:

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ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

I have to say this again.. BOM is the roadside pros** who every one üses , but no one cares for. While DEL is the typically pretty high maintenance mistress that every one flaunts on their arm. I am talking about politicians here of course.

Nimish · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject:

Interesting article at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-06/runway-on-river-at-new-mumbai-airport-shows-challenges-for-modi.html

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Nimish · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:43 pm Post subject:

From: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Centre-clears-revised-norms-for-new-airport-bids-in-record-time/articleshow/38881132.cms

The_Goat · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:04 pm Post subject:

With Sharad Pawar and his gang of looters out of action, expect more such projects to come through.

The loot just goes elsewhere now, but at least the country benefits. Bombay has long needed that airport.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:44 pm Post subject:

Somehow I feel this Navi mumbai Airport will not commence for 5-6yrs more Smile

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