The MoEF on 14 May 2010 accorded environmental clearance to the proposed international
airport in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
The Rs 750-crore airport to spread over 750 acre will have an airstrip of
around 3,200 mtrs. The proposed airport aims at connecting the Buddhist Circuit
directly with countries accounting for maximum number of arrivals, including
Japan, Myanmar, Korea, China, Thailand, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
The project is to be built on DBFOT basis under the PPP mode. Four companies
GMR, GVK, L&T and Gammon India are in fray and had already qualified the RFQ
stage. The Uttar Pradesh government will acquire the land for the concessionaire, who
will develop the airport after getting land on 60-years lease. The airport is
likely to be completed in two-three years time.
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