Sri Jagannath International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Commerce and Transport Department, Government of Odisha | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airport Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Puri | ||||||||||
| Location | Sipasarubali and Sandhapur,[1]Puri District,Odisha | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 23 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°47′40″N085°45′04″E / 19.79444°N 85.75111°E /19.79444; 85.75111 | ||||||||||
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Puri International Airport is a proposedinternational airport in the Indian stateOdisha, which will primarily serve thePuri region.[1][2] The airport will be built in public private partnership (PPP) mode near Sipasarubali and Sandhapur areas under Brahmagiri tehsil in Puri district. It will be developed in three phases at an estimated cost of Rs 5,631 crore.[3] A six-lane, high-speed corridor betweenBiju Patnaik International Airport and proposed greenfield airport will also be built. This will shorten the travel time to 30 minutes.[4] The location of the airport was chosen due to its close proximity to Puri and its famousJagannath Temple and other tourist attractions.[3]Spread over an area of 1,164 acres, Puri Airport will be operated as the first airport in thePuri city and the second international airport inOdisha.[1][2] TheFairfax group,Adani Group andGMR Group expressed interest in developing the greenfield airport in April 2024.[5]
The need for an airport atPuri arose in 2021, when Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik urged Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to set up an international airport.[1][6][7][8] TheGovernment of Odisha's plan to set up the airport was granted site clearance by theMinistry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) in 2023, one year after theGovernment of Odisha Submitted all requisites to the ministry, as per the Greenfield Airport Policy (GFA), 2008.[1][9][10] On 20 November 2023, the Environment Appraisal Committee (Infra 2) ofMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recommends granting Terms of Reference (ToR) for preparation of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report and Environment Management Plan (EMP) with Public Consultation for development of Greenfield Shree Jagannath International Airport by M/s Commerce and Transport (Transport) Department, Government of Odisha.[11]
On 25 January 2024, Commerce and Transport Department, Government of Odisha applied for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Approval.[12][13] The tender for a public-private partnership (PPP) was floated by the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) in February 2024.[5] Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority (OCZMA) after detailed deliberation and discussion decided to recommend the proposal toMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India for grant of compositeEnvironment Clearance (EC) &Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Clearance for the Airport on 16th of March 2024.[14]
In June 2021, the officials ofAirports Authority of India inspected the land identified for the Puri International Airport.[15] A draft of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report on the proposed airport was prepared by the National Institute of Rural Development and Environmental Science under the Nabakrishna Chowdhury Center for Development Studies for acquisition of private land. In May 2023, Puri Sub-Collector Bhavataran Sahu organised the first public hearing at Sipasarubali Mauza to discuss the draft of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report before the acquisition of private land.[16]
ThePuri district administration has started the process for acquisition around 1,164 acres of land including 68 acres of forest and 221.48 acres private land at Sipasarubali and Sandhapur Mauza in 2023. The private land for the project was identified as 153.37 acres at Sipasarubali and 68.11 acres at Sandhapur.[1]
The state will have to submit its application along with the DPR for in-principle approval of the steering committee on greenfield airports within two years.
"The State government has identified land at Puri for the proposed airport and will proactively support all the activities required for establishing the airport in record time. I request that the Ministry of Civil Aviation may be asked to take up this airport as a priority project," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
পর্যটকদের জন্য রয়েছে সুখবর। এবার পুরী বিমানবন্দর তৈরি হতে চলেছে খুব শীঘ্রই। বিমানবন্দর যে জায়গায় তৈরি হবে সেই জায়গায় জন্য প্রাথমিক ছাড়পত্র মিলেছে। চূড়ান্ত ছাড়পত্র পাওয়ার জন্য় আরও বেশ কয়েকটি ধাপ পেরোতে হবে সরকারকে।
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