PM lays founding stone of Navi Mumbai International Airport

Navi Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Navi Mumbai International Airport.

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The 16,700-crore project which was overdue from past 21-year was planned in 1997 to meet the growing needs of Mumbai.

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The new airport which is expected to ease the load of the congested Mumbai airport will become functional in 2019.

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The Navi Mumbai will have two parallel runways and will handle at least 80 flights in an hour.

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The City Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is developing the new airport along with GVK Group.

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Governor of Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao were also present here on the occasion. (ANI)

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