Minister of State for Information Technology, Industry and Infrastructure Gudivada Amarnath visited the land for the airport and said the airport will be built on 2,200 acres of land.
Posted Date – Tue, 4/11/23 at 11:32am
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will lay the foundation stone for the most awaited project Greenfield International Airport on May 3 in Bhogapuram near Visakhapatnam. The Chief Minister will speak at a public meeting following the laying of the foundation stone.
Minister of State for Information Technology, Industry and Infrastructure Gudivada Amarnath visited the land for the airport and said the airport will be built on 2,200 acres of land.
He added that the government has acquired 2,195 acres of land and that construction will start as soon as possible after the groundbreaking ceremony and is expected to be completed within 24-30 months. Afterwards, he discussed meeting arrangements with local leaders.
The construction partner is GMR Group, which has announced an investment of Rs 5,000 crore. G. Mallikharjuna Rao, chairman of GMR Construction, said that works on the airport will start by the end of May. The airport initially had a capacity of 6 million passengers and eventually 40 million passengers per year.
