Navi Mumbai airport will be country's first to have water taxi facilities: CM

The Navi Mumbai Airport in Maharashtra will be the first one in the country to have water taxi facilities Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday reported the PTISpeaking at a review meeting of staterun planning authority CIDCO CM Fadnavis said multimodal transport connectivity must be established at Navi Mumbai International AirportWater taxi facility should be provided to this airport This will be the first international airport in the country to have such a facility Good parking facilities should be available along with aircraft repair facilities Road rail metro and water transport connectivity works to the airport should be completed on time CM Fadnavis said according to the PTIA multimodal transport system should be created from the metro station to the airport Care should be taken to ensure citizens do not face any inconvenience in this regard The work being carried out through CIDCO should be completed within the prescribed time limit he added the news agency reportedThe CM also emphasised that those working in the field of housing and housing construction should be of high qualityA time limit should also be set in this regard CIDCO should take the initiative and take action to provide houses to citizens at affordable prices he saidCIDCO officials hold highlevel meeting ahead of Navi Mumbai Airport inaugurationMeanwhile last week the CIDCO officials recently held a highlevel meeting to discuss timely completion of works at Navi Mumbai Airport ahead of its inauguration officials saidAn official statement said that Vijay Singhal the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of CIDCO conducted a highlevel review meeting on April 17 to assess the progress of the Navi Mumbai International Airport NMIA and the focus was on ensuring the airport is ready for its inauguration and commercial operations without delayIt said that since the Airport Information Publication AIP for NMIA has been published and DGCA inspections are ongoing for issue of aerodrome license the review was specifically focused on completing the airside landside and terminal building in all respects in preparation for inauguration and commercial operations of the Airport to understand any challenges and to mitigate any delay in achieving the targetsIt further stated that the NMIAL confirmed that airside works are 100 per cent complete and the processes for obtaining Aerodrome License from DGCA amp Security Clearance from BCAS are progressing well and no challenges are foreseen on that front Operation Readiness and Transfer ORAT testing is also regularly going on for ensuring seamless operationsSinghal also reviewed preparation for connectivity to provide the landside access to the airport and directed all concerned to ensure readiness of the same well before the proposed inauguration dateThe Navi Mumbai International Airport with a planned capacity of 90 Million passengers and 32 million tonnes of cargo per annum is set to commence Phase 1 operations with a capacity of 20 Million passengers and 08 million tonnes of cargo per annumIn the current phase the airport will have a runway with double parallel taxiways and one Terminal T1 cargo terminals and several other supporting infrastructurewith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params