Phase-I of Navi Mumbai airport by Dec 2018: CIDCO.

The first phase of the proposed Rs. 14,500-crore global airport at Navi Mumbai would be ready by December 2018, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Bhatia said recently.

The body is the nodal agency for the project.

Bhatia said settlement of disputes with almost all villages for smooth land acquisition was CIDCO's priority. The agency is developing a 600-square-metre township for the airport, he added.

Other than the airport, CIDCO has started infrastructure development of Rs. 20,000 crore for the nodes managed by it in Navi Mumbai.

The other key infrastructure projects CIDCO has undertaken in Navi Mumbai include the Rs. 2,100-crore metro rail one, the Rs. 1,412-crore Nerul-Belapur-Uran railway one, the Rs. 1,450-crore Balganga dam to ensure drinking water to the city and several others like coastal roads and bridges.

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