India / UP govt allots ₹2,000 crore for Jewar airport in budget

Livemint : Feb 18, 2020, 03:02 PM
Noida: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday allotted a fund of ₹2,000 crore for the Jewar Airport in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

The announcement was made during the budget presentation by Finance Minister Suresh Khanna in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.

"A budget of ₹2,000 crore has been proposed for the Noida International Greenfield Airport in Gautam Buddh Nagar's Jewar. The airport is expected to go operational by 2023," Khanna said in his speech.

The UP government on Tuesday presented a ₹5,12,860.72 crore budget for FY 2020-21 in the state assembly.

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