UP Election 2022: With 5 international airports, UP set to fly to top spot in India

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is flaunting its infrastructure push ahead of the Assembly elections early next year.

The state is set to get the highest number of international airports in the country. the state government said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation of the Noida International Airport at Jewar on November 25.

The state, at present, has eight operational airports, while 13 airports and seven airstrips are being developed.

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"With the ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony of the Noida International Airport scheduled on November 25, the state is now on its way to have five international airports - the highest for any state in India,” the BJP-led state government said in a statement.

Uttar Pradesh had only two international airports - Lucknow and Varanasi - till 2012. The third international airport at Kushinagar became operational after it was inaugurated by PM Modi on October 20, while work on the airport in Ayodhya is on in full swing and air services are expected to start early next year, UP govt said.

The fifth international airport is to come up at Jewar near Noida in the National Capital Region (NCR).

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The Noida International Airport (NIA) is being constructed near the town of Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar in the NCR region in Uttar Pradesh. Its location is about 72 kilometres from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri, the statement said.

The airport will have excellent multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), Eastern Peripheral Expressway and it will have link with Delhi-Mumbai Expressway at Ballabhgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91.

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