Modi lays the foundation stone of Noida International Airport
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the foundation Stone laying ceremony of Noida International Airport, Jewar, Uttar Pradesh on November 25, 2021. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya are also seen.
New Delhi, Nov 25, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation Stone of Noida International Airport. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gen V K Singh, Sanjiv Baliyan, SP Singh Baghel and B L Varma were among those present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister defined the airport as one of the best modern infrastructure of 21st century.
“Better roads, better rail network, better airports are not just infrastructure projects but they transform the entire region, transforming people’s lives completely”, he said.
“Noida International Airport will become the logistics gateway of northern India. This airport will make the entire region a powerful symbol of the National Gatishakti Masterplan,” he declared.
Commenting on the economic fallout of infrastructure development, the Prime Minister said employment opportunities are created during airport construction. The airport also requires thousands of people to run smoothly. “Therefore This airport will also give new employment to thousands of people of western UP” he added.
He said, Noida International Airport will play a major role in the growing aviation sector of India and will be a key center of maintenance, repair and operations of aircrafts. He informed that the maintenance, repair and overhaul MRO facility was being set up in 40 acre, giving employment to hundreds of young people.
Commenting on the integrated multi-modal cargo hub that is coming up, he said that in a land-locked state like Uttar Pradesh airport will be very useful.
“This hub will serve industrial centres like Aligarh, Mathura, Meerut, Agra, Bijnor, Moradabad and Bareilly. Khurja artisans, Meerut Sports Industry, Saharanpur furniture, brass industry of Moradabad, Agra footwear and Petha industry will get huge support from the upcoming infrastructure,” he added.
