Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area

Proposed planning area in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India

  • Eknath Shinde, Minister for Urban Development
Agency executives
  • Lokesh Chandra IAS IAS[1], Vice Chairman and Managing Director
  • Venugopal Vedula, Chief Planner
Parent agencyGovernment of MaharashtraWebsitewww.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in

Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA) is a proposed planning area in Raigad district of Maharashtra, an Indian state. City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) has been appointed planning authority for the same.[2][3] It comprises approximate 170 villages in Pen, Panvel, and Uran talukas of Raigad district.[2] The city will consist of small cities that will be hubs for agro-farming, education, trade, information technology, services, medical treatment, etc.[2] This city is being developed in fulfilment of the conditions under which environmental clearances were given by the Ministry of Environmental & Forest (MoEF), Government of India that development plan for Navi Mumbai be modified to prevent unplanned development in the vicinity of the proposed airport.[4] NAINA enjoys proximity of Navi Mumbai and has influence of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) and proposed transport corridors viz. Multi Modal Corridor, Mumbai Trans Harbor Link (MTHL), Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), SPUR etc.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray cabinet reshuffle takes ministers babus by surprise". indianexpress.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Mankikar, Sayali Udas (24 June 2015). "New airport at Navi Mumbai: NAINA finally on drawing board". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. ^ Pawar, Sanjay V. (10 January 2013). "Notification" (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area" (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA) FAQs, Official website" (PDF).