BRIEF SUMMARY

The Government of has envisaged development of a green field airport at Jewar. Development of an airport is a one of the key enablers for the development of an industrial region (including urban centers) and is also expected to create a significant multiplier impact in the economy. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) estimates the output and employment multipliers of aviation as 3.25 and 6.10 respectively. This implies that every 100 INR spent on air transport contributes to 325 INR worth of benefits, and every 100 direct jobs in air transport result in 610 jobs in the economy as a whole.

In addition, the new airport would provide the National Capital Region (NCR) with a second facility after Indira Gandhi International Airport. This would support to decongest IGI Airport which is soon expected to reach its capacity.

The project area site is currently under agricultural use indicating that the soil is of alluvial nature. The soil ranges from sand to stiff clays including all combination of two extreme litho units. Locally these are called Bhur and Matiar. Invariably Kankars are associated with such type of soils. The modules of subgrade reaction of soil is in the range of 2-2.5 t/square meter and the CBR would range between 10 to 18%. Water table is reported to be 5 to 10 m below the ground level.

Proposed site is well connected with NCR region and various other districts of western UP. The site is about 30 km from State Highway SH-22A i.e. the highway that connects and and 700meters away from Expressway. On the southern side, the airport is planned to be connected to the proposed Palwal expressway. In addition, there is 100 meter wide Eastern Peripheral Expressway, passing through Yamuna Expressway at Formula One Track, which connects the site to Palwal, Manesar, Ghazaibad, Bhagpat and . It is recommended to leverage the exiting plan of developing Rapid Rail Transit Network which would connect NCR regions and . Government may explore connecting Sarai Kale Khan, which is a common terminus station for the existing planned routes of RRTS, to Shivaji Stadium and to Jewar. Alternatively, connectivity to Dhaulakuan to Sarai Kale Khan to to to Jewar may also be explored. YEIDA has engaged DMRC and NCRTC to evaluate the connectivity options for the airport.

Based on demand and supply side factors, overall cargo demand at the proposed airport is expected to be around 0.4 million metric tons in 2022-23 and reach up to 2.9 million metric tons by 2049-50.

MASTER PLANNING

In the first stage of development, an area of 1,334 hectare has been earmarked for development of the airport.

The proposed draft master plan for the airport is designed for the capacity of 70 million passengers per annum. The plan conforms to the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) formulated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and promulgated by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), .

It is recognized that the proposed airport at Jewar along with IGIA shall be a two airport system for NCR. As IGIA would start experiencing constraint at its peak hours, the spillover traffic from IGI would start building up peak hour requirement at . With time, as the constraints at IGI airport increases, there will be fewer hours with free slot availability. This would broaden the time window for slot allocation at Jewar and spread out the peak hour demand at Jewar. The following table provides the peak hour requirement which forms basis of master planning.

Given the traffic forecast, airport is suggested to be developing in 4 phases (as illustrated in table below).

Based on the master plan, the capital expenditure of the project is estimated to be around 15,754 crore INR (real FY18 prices). These are divided into 4 construction phases: Phase 1 cost of around 3745 crore INR, Phase 2: 3537 crore INR, Phase 3: 4,079 crore INR and Phase 4: 4,384 crore INR.

Jewar, the site chosen or establishing the second international airport for NCR is strategically located at about 72Km from IGI Airport, 40Km from Noida and Multi-modal logistic hub (). City of Aligarh is on south west of the site just at 45Km from the site. Located close to Yamuna Expressway, the world famous tourist centre is just 130kms from the airport.

A fuel farm is proposed on site area of 4.00 ha to be located in the Western part of the airport site. Aircraft fuel is planned to be dispensed through an underground hydrant system that will be designed in accordance with relevant standards. The required fuel infrastructure for the initial phases is planned to be built prior to the opening of the airport and the facility could then be expanded in phases to meet demand. In Phase I the site area of Fuel Farm shall be 1.5 ha and it shall expand to 4.0 ha in Final Phase provided there is no change in technology.

Jewar Airport shall be connected to external power grid. Power shall be provided through a set of Primary Distribution Station (PDS) with power distribution phased to meet demand. The expected power demand for Phase I is 20 MVA (connected load) and in final phase shall be 150 MVA. It is proposed to have two 400/220 KV feeds to PDSs located in landside areas of Jewar Airport.

Security and diversity of power supply shall be provided as per ICAO and Municipality requirements together with emergency back-up generators to cater for a Demand Load of 60% of the Connected Load. This basis is considered important for reliability of airport operations.

A solar farm has been planned in the northern and southern part of the airport site spread over area of 9.5 hectares, and shall be supplemented by solar panels on roofs of some of the airport buildings wherever possible, subject to assessment of glare hazard to aircraft operations. The power generated from solar sources shall be distributed for select purposes to ensure that security of supply requirements on critical systems is not compromised.

The estimated total water demand for Phase I is 9 MLD, and for final Phase is 39 MLD. Sustainability measures may be employed for the airport infrastructure development to optimize water consumption. The total fresh water/potable water demand in Phase I is 1.6 MLD. Treated water storage of at least 1.5 days of supply shall be maintained with some of this storage happening within the terminal buildings, support facilities, and ARFF.

The overall estimated sewerage generation is 15 MLD, and Phase I demand is 1.3 MLD. In phase I Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) of 1.5 MLD has been proposed. In final phase two separate STPs have been planned for Jewar Airport. One STP has been planned on the western part to serve the entire passenger and support facilities. The second STP has been planned on eastern part to serve the cargo, MRO and other facilities of Jewar Airport. Gravity sewage systems will deliver into a network of pump stations which will deliver sewage to either STP. 80% water recovery from the STP is expected to be fed back into the water supply for non-potable water demand, to reduce the demand of raw fresh water.

The estimated total solid waste generation for Phase I is 6 tons/day, and in final phase it is 40 tons/day.

LOCATION OF JEWAR AIRPORT ON MASTER PLAN