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New Delhi, India: On Thursday at 1 p.m., Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The first phase of the airport is being built at a cost of over ten billion rupees.

The airport covers an area of more than 1300 hectares. The completed first phase of the airport will be able to service around 1.2 million people per year, and construction is expected to be completed by 2024.

The prime minister said on Twitter that the project will enhance business, connectivity, and tourism.

"Tomorrow, November 25th, is a watershed moment in India's and Uttar Pradesh's infrastructure development efforts. The Noida International Airport's foundation stone will be set at 1 p.m. This project will have a substantial positive impact on trade, connectivity, and tourism "On Wednesday, the Prime Minister sent out a tweet.

Uttar Pradesh will become India's only state with five international airports, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

The airport's growth is in keeping with the prime minister's aim of increasing connectivity and developing a future-ready aviation sector, according to the statement.

"This great vision has placed a special emphasis on the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is seeing the development of many new international airports, including the recently inaugurated Kushinagar airport and the under-construction international airport at Ayodhya," it stated.

This will be the second international airport in the Delhi NCR area. It will aid in the decongestion of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI).

The airport is strategically positioned, according to the PMO, and will serve residents of cities such as Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad, and the surrounding territories.

This will open up new chances for a variety of businesses, as well as provide a large number of job opportunities," says the report.

According to Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal, the Noida International Airport will be built in four parts, with the first phase expected to be completed in 36 months.

"In the first phase, a traffic of 12 million people per year is envisaged, and by the end of the last phase, between 2040 and 2050, the capacity of Jewar airport would be 70 million passengers per year," Mr. Bansal said.

He also stated that the state of Uttar Pradesh is spending Rs. 4,326 crore on land acquisition, rehabilitation, and resettlement. According to Mr. Bansal, the Prime Minister is directly overseeing the project.

According to PMO, the air terminal will foster a Ground Transportation Center that will include a multimodal travel center point, lodging metro, and high-velocity rail stations, taxi, transport administrations, and private stopping. 

This will empower consistent availability of the air terminal with the street, rail, and metro. Noida and Delhi will be associated with the air terminal through issue free metro administration. All major close-by streets and thruways like the Yamuna Expressway, Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and others will be associated with the air terminal. 

The air terminal will likewise be connected to the arranged Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail, empowering the excursion among Delhi and the air terminal in just 21 minutes. 

The air terminal will likewise house a condition of-workmanship Maintenance, Repair and Overhauling (MRO) Service. The plan of the air terminal is centered around low working expenses and consistent and quick exchange processes for travelers. 

The air terminal is presenting a swing airplane stand idea, giving adaptability to carriers to work an airplane for both homegrown and global departures from a similar contact remain, without having to re-position the airplane. This will guarantee speedy and proficient airplane turnarounds at the air terminal while guaranteeing a smooth and consistent traveler move process. It will be India's first net-zero discharges air terminal. It has reserved committed land to be created as a woodland park utilizing trees from the venture site. NIA will protect every single local species and be nature-positive all through the improvement of the air terminal. 

It will be executed by the global bidder Zurich Airport International AG as a concessionaire. 

The basis for the principal stage in regards to land securing and recovery of the impacted families has been finished.