The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has accorded environmental clearance (EC) to GMR’s New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
The airport expansion project will entail an investment of Rs 16,000 crore.
The project work involves upgradation, development and construction of facilities to handle about 109 million passengers per annum and about 2.2 million tpa of cargo by 2034.
The overall airport infrastructure presently has the capacity to handle about 62 million passengers per annum and cargo of about 1.5 million tpa.
The proposed development of IGIA includes expansion of the existing terminals (T1, T2 and T3), construction of a new terminal (T4), cargo terminals and cargo city/village, and development of a new runway and taxiway among others.
The expansion is being implemented in three phases - Phase-3A (2016-2020), Phase-3B (2021-2025), and Phase-4 (2026-2034).
The expansion will be done within the existing airport land and is interlinked with the present infrastructure. There will be no additional land acquisition as part of the expansion. The land in the existing airport is 5,106 acre.