Dholera Airport

Dholera Airport is an approved airport in Gujarat India. The greenfield airport will be built near Navagam in the Dholera taluka of Ahmedabad district. The project site is spread over on 1,426 hectares near village Navagam in Dholera taluka (Earlier it was in Dhandhuka Taluka),[1] about 80 kilometers from Ahmedabad and around 20 kilometres from the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR).[2] The state government has formed Dholera International Airport Company Ltd (DIACL) as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for development of the airport. Work on the airport is expected to begin in the 2019, and it is expected to be operational by 2022.[3] The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government in January 2019 for the construction of airport.[4][5]

Dholera Airport
Summary
ServesAhmedabad, Dholera
LocationNavagam, Dholera area, Gujarat, India
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4,000
2,910

Development

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) inspected the site in January 2010 to carry out a techno-economical feasibility study[6] and gave its technical clearance the following month.[7] The project received "site clearance" from the central government in July 2014.[8] The Environment Ministry gave its approval in December 2015.[9]

The airport will be developed jointly by Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and the Gujarat government and will serve the logistics requirements of the upcoming Dholera Special Investment Region. The airport is to have two parallel runways of 2,910 metres and 4,000 metres and will be developed in three phases at a cost of Rs 1,712 crore.[10]

The first phase is expected to cost Rs. 1600 crore, of the total expected cost of Rs. 2100 crore for the project.[3]

Highlights of Dholera Greenfield International Airport
    • 1426 hectors of land selected at Village Navagam Ta. Dholera, Dist Ahmedabad for the Airport.
    • Airports Authority of India (AAI) has prepared the Feasibility Report, DPR & EIA.
    • The site can accommodate two runways of 2910m and 4000m
    • MOEF&CC has issued Environment Clearance for the Project site.
    • Ministry of Defence has given No Objection for construction of Airport.
    • Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted the Site Clearance.
    • Received In-Principle Approval from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, GoI in January 2016.
    • Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Corporation Ltd. has been offered equity in DIACL
    • The project will be developed in PPP Mode adhering to the guidelines of the Greenfield Airport Policy of GoI.
    • And it exists: on paper[11]

References
  1. "Dholera airport work to take off in Q3 of FY'16". The Times of India. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. "PM Narendra Modi-govt grants 'site clearance' to Gujarat's Dholera airport". The Financial Express (India). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. Dave, Kapil (21 May 2018). "Work to start on international airport in Dholera in 2019". Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. "MoUs inked for airports at Dholera, Ankleshwar". Times of India. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. "6 years on, ground work on Dholera airport yet to start". The Indian Express. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  6. "AAI team inspects site for greenfield airport in Ahmedabad". Daily News & Analysis. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. "Federa airport gets AAI nod". Daily News & Analysis. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  8. "Site Clearance for Dholera Airport Project". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. "Gujarat's Dholera airport project gets Centre's green nod". Business Standard. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. "Nod for Dholera airport a push for Delhi-Mumbai corridor". Business Standard. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/apr/17/india-smart-city-dholera-flood-farmers-investors

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