Taj aviation hub project likely to hit air pocket

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Lucknow, Nov 22: Amid serious disconnect among various central ministries over the viability of the Rs 5,000-crore greenfield Taj International Aviation Hub (TIAH) in Jewar, the GMR group, which manages Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, has upped the ante against the project.

This has forced the Uttar Pradesh government to go on an overdrive to make chief minister Mayawati’s dream project a reality. Justifying the need for a second airport within 70 km of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the National Capital Region, a senior UP government official made a strong case for the project. The official cited an Airports Authority of India study stating that by 2015-16, air traffic at the IGI Airport will hit the 108 million-mark, which would lead to severe congestion. He felt a second airport such as the TIAH is the only answer to this problem.