Noida airport: Thousands flock Jewar for foundation laying event
Noida, Nov 25: Thousands of people, including women and children, on Thursday reached Jewar amid heavy security as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to lay the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport. The much-awaited project is being flagged off just weeks before schedule of the UP Assembly elections are announced.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet colleagues, including the state's Civil Aviation Minister Nand Gopal Gupta, will attend the event.
The Greenfield airport, which will be built near Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh, is billed to be India's largest upon completion. Heavy security has been deployed at and around the event venue. Visitors are being frisked before entering the 'jan sabha' area, officials said, adding that the police have banned black flags.
Huge crowd gathered to listen to PM @narendramodi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of #NoidaInternationalAirport today#Jewar #JewarInternationalAirport #JewarWelcomesPMModi #YogiAdityanath #NarendraModi @myogiadityanath @JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com/iYuDM5oJfI
— Oneindia News (@Oneindia) November 25, 2021
"The foundation stone of the world's fourth largest international airport, 'Noida International Airport' will be laid by respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji today. This airport will give Uttar Pradesh a new global identity. With this, Uttar Pradesh will be the only state to house five international airports," Adityanath tweeted in Hindi.
Besides locals, scores of people from Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh and Agra arrived at Jewar on tractors and motorcycles. BJP leader and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh, who is credited to have played a key role during negotiations with farmers over land acquisition, led a convoy of hundreds of supporters to the venue.
The
MLA
himself
drove
a
tractor
as
a
number
of
people
on
motorcycles,
cars,
tractors
and
buses
followed
him
to
the
event
site,
where
personnel
of
the
Central
Reserve
Police
Force,
Rapid
Action
Force
and
Provincial
Armed
Constabulary,
besides
the
police
were
deployed.
"Police
Commissioner
Alok
Singh
on
Wednesday
held
a
meeting
to
review
the
security
preparations
for
the
programme.
All
police
officials
were
briefed
and
directed
not
to
allow
any
visitor
carrying
firearms,
liquor,
or
black
flags,
etc
to
the
venue," a
police
spokesperson
said.
"Security personnel deployed at entry points have been directed to not allow any person without frisking. All officials were told to reach for duty four hours prior to the event and stay till 6 pm," the spokesperson said. The airport is being developed by Swiss concessionaire Zurich International Airport AG's subsidiary Yamuna International Airport Private Limited for the Uttar Pradesh government. The first phase of the project is spread over 1,300 hectares and would cost more than Rs 10,000 crore, the officials said, adding that it is expected to be ready by October 2024.