Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Noida International Airport in Jewar on Thursday. It is Asia’s largest and the world’s fourth largest airport. UP would become India’s first State to have five international airports.

A futuristic, people-friendly Noida airport! pic.twitter.com/ImqUVAVUuf

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 25, 2021

Flight services will begin from this airport from 2024 and around 1.2 crore passengers would be able to fly from here every year. This would assist millions of people in western Uttar Pradesh and help provide jobs for many. The first phase of the Noida International Airport is being built at a cost of more than Rs 10,050 crore.

Apart from a huge gathering of locals, thousands of people from Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh and Agra districts reached Jewar on tractors and motorcycles on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport. The Greenfield airport coming up near Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh is billed to be India’s largest upon completion.

A thick blanket of security personnel enveloped the event venue and visitors were frisked before being allowed to enter the public meeting. The police had banned black flags at the site. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet colleagues attended the event. The airport is being developed by Swiss concessionaire Zurich International Airport AG’s subsidiary Yamuna International Airport Private Limited for the Uttar Pradesh government.