New Delhi: India’s largest greenfield airport project, which aims for the enhancement of air connectivity in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Western India, the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NIMA), has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The project costs around Rs 19,650 crore, and this facility is expected to ease congestion and will serve as a major aviation hub.

Adani Airports Holdings Ltd (74%) and CIDCO (26%), in a public-private partnership, are developing the project. It is India’s national flower, featuring 12 sculptural feature columns representing unfurling petals and 17 mega located at Ulwe in Navi Mumbai, about 37 km from South Mumbai, and is spread over 1,160 hectares (2,866 acres).

The airport architecture is inspired by the lotus flower

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