Consider the following airports:Donyi Polo AirportKushinagar International AirportVijayawada Interna

Question

Consider the following airports:Donyi Polo AirportKushinagar International AirportVijayawada International AirportIn the recent past, which of the above have been constructed as Greenfield projects?

Accepted Answer

The Government of India has formulated a Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008 for the development of new Greenfield airports in the country. As per the policy, if any developer including the State Government desires to develop an airport, they are required to identify a suitable site and get the Pre-feasibility Study conducted for the construction of the airport and submit a proposal to the Central Government for Site Clearance followed by In-Principle approval.The Government of India has accorded In-Principle approval for setting up of 21 new Greenfield Airports namely:Mopa in GoaNavi MumbaiShirdi and Sindhudurg in MaharashtraKalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan and Shivamogga in KarnatakaDabra (Gwalior) in Madhya PradeshKushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar PradeshDholera and Hirasar in GujaratKaraikal in PuducherryDagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra PradeshDurgapur in West BengalPakyong in SikkimKannur in KeralaHollongi also known as Donyi Polo (Itanagar) in Arunachal PradeshVijayawada International Airport is not a Greenfield airport. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.