The (Bumpy) Road To Navi Mumbai | Feb 12 Edition

In today’s edition — as the commissioning of the new Navi Mumbai airport speeds up, those in power must consider how passengers will reach there; a survey has positive news for India’s manufacturing industry; and a bid to take over tech giant OpenAI.?

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The Take by Govindraj Ethiraj

For Navi Mumbai Airport To Succeed We Must Pray For Better Roads And Air Traffic

In a few months, Mumbai city will see the commissioning of a second city airport in Navi Mumbai. Two airports in a city or in close proximity in a state are rare. Goa is an example, the other is Delhi NCR, which has two more aside from the international airport in Gurgaon. One is in Hindon and another one is coming up soon in Jewar, close to Noida, both in Uttar Pradesh.?

The Navi Mumbai airport has been conceptually in the works for decades. As things usually go with large infrastructure projects in the country, it is only now nearing completion. A change in ownership from the GVK Reddy group to the Adanis may or may not have speeded up progress in the last lap.

To begin with, the no-frills carriers will shift from Mumbai’s Terminal 1 in Santacruz to Navi Mumbai Airport. All this was the good news.?

Much Too Far

In April, when the airport promises to start operations, most of Mumbai’s residents will have to allow anywhere between three to four hours of cardiologically stressful conditions to reach the airport.?

Add that to the two hours before arrival time, and passengers would have spent half a day or more just reaching the departure point.?

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