<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Noida International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The project was first proposed in 2001 by then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh as a greenfield Taj International Aviation Hub (TIAH) at Jewar near Greater Noida, adjacent to the Yamuna Expressway. The Central Government cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up TIAH in April 2003. It was to be built at an approximate cost of ₹5000 crores by the year 2007&ndash;2008. The project was put on hold during the UPA regime because the project site was within 150 km (93 mi) of an existing greenfield airport in Delhi. This site was within 72 km (45 mi) of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), Delhi. Its operator GMR Group had protested against plans for another international airport within 150 Kempegowda(93 mi) of the existing Delhi Airport, claiming that it would impact traffic and revenue generation. GMR has the right of first refusal (RoFR) on a new airport within 150 km (93 mi) of the existing Delhi Airport. The RoFR was to ensure that GMR gets preference in bidding for the Greater Noida airport in case its bid price is within 10% of the lowest bidder.</p>
<p class="blog-para">When the Akhilesh Yadav-led government was formed in Uttar Pradesh in 2012, it contemplated shelving the project while proposing a new international airport in Agra. In June 2013, the State Government decided on the Kurrikupa village near Hirangaon, Tundla in the Firozabad district as the site for the proposed airport. In January 2014, the Defence Ministry raised some objections regarding the site near Tundla. The state government allocated land near Etmadpur for the proposed airport in November 2014.</p>
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