Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday (October 8) inaugurate the Navi Mumbai International Airport and a section of the Mumbai Metro Line, marking significant milestones in improving transportation in the financial capital.
Spread across 1,160 hectares, the airport is designed for high efficiency and will eventually handle 90 million passengers annually and 3.25 million metric tonnes of cargo.
India’s largest greenfield airport
Built at a cost of Rs 19,650 crore, phase one of the Navi Mumbai International Airport is India’s largest Greenfield airport project, developed under a Public-Private Partnership.
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As the second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, NMIA wi