Now that the cabinet has approved the Navi Mumbai Airport,it deserves a thread of its own to chronicle its progress.
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The countdown to Navi Mumbai International Airport:**
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The countdown to Navi Mumbai International Airport:**
- Pre feasibility study done in 1996
- Techno-economic feasibility study completed in 1999-2000
- Proposal submitted to Central Government in 2001
- ICAO simulation study done in 2006
- Cabinet's in-principal approval comes on May 31, 2007
- Consultant to be appointed for preparation of DPR
- Union Government's approval to CIDCO's DPR will follow
- Suggestions from Civil Aviation department will come upon which airport design will be updated
- Role of CIDCO and AAI to be formulated for actual implementation and the action plan will be readied
- The acquisition of remaining land will start and rehabilitation of affected people will follow
- Next is bidding and work order through a global bid
- Actual construction work expected to begin by next year
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* - Sourced from TOI
** - Sourced from DNA Mumbai