Calling NMIA Asia’s biggest connectivity hub, PM Modi said the airport marks the beginning of a new era for Maharashtra and the country’s aviation sector. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the project would increase the state’s GDP by 1%.
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The East Indian community has drawn parallels between the histories of the two airports. While the Navi Mumbai airport was constructed on land acquired from Agris, Kolis, and other local castes, the Mumbai airport too was built on farmland belonging to East Indians, who are Roman Catholic converts from the same castes.
The new police station will be carved out by dividing the jurisdictions of the Panvel City and Ulwe police stations under the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate.
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to prepare a detailed feasibility report.
India’s first fully digital airport, Navi Mumbai International Airport, will be inaugurated on October 8. Features include pre-booked parking, online check-in, baggage drop, immigration processing, and virtual queuing.
CM Fadnavis said he is confident that the Union government has a positive view of the proposal and that the process is underway. “I believe we can name the Navi Mumbai airport after D. B. Patil,” he stated.
Navi Mumbai’s long-awaited international airport inched closer to becoming operational last weekend after a private jet from Ahmedabad made history by becoming the first aircraft to officially land at the greenfield facility. The aircraft, operating under a Non-Scheduled Operator Permit (charter), touched down at 10:20 am on Saturday, September 20, before departing past noon the following day.