International Airport at Bahadurgarh (Haryana)...?

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A decade back, there was a news about plans for a new airport near Kundali, Sonepat (Haryana). Today, there is another news about proposal of Haryana Government for an airport at Bahadurgarh. Would it ever materialize, and if so, its impact on rural populace of the area with so green, fertile lands ?


Hindustan Times, New Delhi (page 4)_ - 22 August 2007

Hooda seeks airport at Bahadurgarh
Sanjeev K. Ahuja
Gurgaon, August 21


Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged the Union government to sanction an international airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. The CM has also asked the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) to incorporate various roads connecting Delhi and NCR towns in the Zonal Plan of Delhi.

The CM was speaking at the 30th meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board in the Capital on Tuesday. “The aviation sector has witnessed phenomenal growth in the last few years. In spite of the upgradation of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, it would fall far short of the future requirements of NCR. There is a definite need to have an additional airport in the vicinity of Delhi”, the CM said.

He said the Haryana Government had submitted a proposal for an airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar which would have excellent connectivity with Delhi and other areas of NCR towns through the KMP Expressway. He urged the Board to impress upon the Ministry of Civil Aviation for early sanctioning of this project.

Hooda also stressed the need to speed up work on various roads and rail links between Delhi and NCR towns. “The new road links namely Northern Peripheral Road in Gurgaon should be extended up to Bijwasan-Najafgarh Road in Delhi,” Hooda said in the meeting.

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airport at bahadurgarh

airport will take green furtile land, again it is also good from the concectivity point of view as faridabad and palwal is not directly linked with rest of haryana and kmp expressway will provide better connectivity and real estate will increase also.
 
I don't think it's going to happen soon. I read that as well in an article. They are planning to create a similar network like London...4 airports around Delhi. Plan is good but to become a reality, it'll take years. First they will build an airport in GNoida...and by the time they will realize that we need another airport, it will be 20 yrs. May be at that time, we might see a plan for a new airport at Bahadurgarh.

If anything happens sooner than this...it would be a boon for NCR region.

Navin
 
Airport is good for economy. Gurgam is booming just because of closeness to Airport.
So let us not be emotional, If not airport, This same fertile land would be used for all the JJ colonies, like it is happening in west Delhi.
 
a BIG NO!!!!

Do you all really think that we need another airport, and that too International, besides IGI Delhi? Wonder who would board a plane from there?
Talking only about Haryana, For the people who live in districts such as Punchkula, CHD and few other adjoining Amritsar (Raja Sansi Int'l) is not too far from them. Its only about 3-4hrs drive away. It serves destinations in Europe, N.America and few other popular connecting ones.
Would have been feasible if we had influx of passengers and aircrafts at IGI Delhi. IGI Delhi is neither busy in terms of passenger traffic nor in aircraft traffic and also not in cargo traffic. So why we need at Bahadurgarh?
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Airport is good for economy. Gurgam is booming just because of closeness to Airport.
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Dalal ji, if thats the case why shouldnt we build a one in every district. Its pointless at this time atleast and absolutely not the cost of fertile land.
Wake up Mr.CM, hope this never materialises:mad:
 
rsdalal said:
Airport is good for economy. Gurgam is booming just because of closeness to Airport.
So let us not be emotional, If not airport, This same fertile land would be used for all the JJ colonies, like it is happening in west Delhi.
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dalal saheb mei te Guddgamme mei e suun...Aaap jib hadde aaogge te merre te mil ke jaiyo....apne assli boom ke darshan karraungga...arr ferr bujhjhungga aap ki prtikiriya ke barre mein.Those who benefit from such ventures are not the common masses but the handfuls who fund the elections..........What the villagers get in turn is...Barbaadi-2-2 and barbaadi.Why not make these Airports on barren land?It is very unfortunate episode really.Baaki aapke apne vichar hein unki izzat mei jarrur karta huun.
 
dndeswal said:
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A decade back, there was a news about plans for a new airport near Kundali, Sonepat (Haryana). Today, there is another news about proposal of Haryana Government for an airport at Bahadurgarh. Would it ever materialize, and if so, its impact on rural populace of the area with so green, fertile lands ?


Hindustan Times, New Delhi (page 4)_ - 22 August 2007

Hooda seeks airport at Bahadurgarh
Sanjeev K. Ahuja
Gurgaon, August 21


Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged the Union government to sanction an international airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. The CM has also asked the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) to incorporate various roads connecting Delhi and NCR towns in the Zonal Plan of Delhi.

The CM was speaking at the 30th meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board in the Capital on Tuesday. “The aviation sector has witnessed phenomenal growth in the last few years. In spite of the upgradation of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, it would fall far short of the future requirements of NCR. There is a definite need to have an additional airport in the vicinity of Delhi”, the CM said.

He said the Haryana Government had submitted a proposal for an airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar which would have excellent connectivity with Delhi and other areas of NCR towns through the KMP Expressway. He urged the Board to impress upon the Ministry of Civil Aviation for early sanctioning of this project.

Hooda also stressed the need to speed up work on various roads and rail links between Delhi and NCR towns. “The new road links namely Northern Peripheral Road in Gurgaon should be extended up to Bijwasan-Najafgarh Road in Delhi,” Hooda said in the meeting.

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hooda'a dream will remain a distant dream if we rummage recent state plans. lately i wrote a strategic note on northern sates economy. there was no mention of it at all. and personally i think it's quite infeasible and foolish. Noida being d second largest exporter of software and a hub of service industry doesn't hav one, bahadurgarh will have?--which is merely a bastion of SMEs (small-medium enterprises). airport infrastructure comes in2 being in tourist or global business cities, nt in2 an agricultural and SME stronghold. and bahadurgarh is still a poor sibling of NCR. who will travel by air? those SMEs people who are surviving there ubits on subsidies and privilege funds or peasants? Union govt is not insane to do such a fancyful thing
 
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hooda'a dream will remain a distant dream if we rummage recent state plans. lately i wrote a strategic note on northern sates economy. there was no mention of it at all. and personally i think it's quite infeasible and foolish. Noida being d second largest exporter of software and a hub of service industry doesn't hav one, bahadurgarh will have?--which is merely a bastion of SMEs (small-medium enterprises). airport infrastructure comes in2 being in tourist or global business cities, nt in2 an agricultural and SME stronghold. and bahadurgarh is still a poor sibling of NCR. who will travel by air? those SMEs people who are surviving there ubits on subsidies and privilege funds or peasants? Union govt is not insane to do such a fancyful thing
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I wish your forecast proves to be true, Seema. If we imagine an airport at Bahadurgarh, it could be somewhere near Delhi-Rohtak Road, before Sampala – an area rich in agriculture and sizeable population of villages like Mandouthi, Rohad etc. If at all an airport is needed, why not to think of one near Faridabad where there is huge open space in hard rocky Aravali range? The land there is unfit for agriculture but fit for ventures like this, though this may also be opposed by environmentalists. Britishers made a cantonment and the present Palam Airport on a rocky surface – they never went westwards towards Bahadurgarh or Sonepat. Back in Seventies, there was stiff opposition against acquiring of land where presently Maruti Udyog Ltd. is situated in Gurgaon’s rich fertile land. The proposal to locate this factory near Sohna, a rocky area, was rejected by Sanjay Gandhi who had his own influence in those days. But the lobby wanted this very land and it succeeded. The present lobby too, it seems, wants a plain surface land.

What would be the fate of this huge city of Delhi which will be deprived of water resources, vegetables, milk, fruit, grains etc. presently being produced by rich land within a 100-km range on all directions? Do we need a rich, green fertile land or just an ugly concrete jungle all around the capital?
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yeah exactly..

Improve IGI first !
dndeswal said:
I wish your forecast proves to be true, Seema. If we imagine an airport at Bahadurgarh, it could be somewhere near Delhi-Rohtak Road, before Sampala – an area rich in agriculture and sizeable population of villages like Mandouthi, Rohad etc. If at all an airport is needed, why not to think of one near Faridabad where there is huge open space in hard rocky Aravali range? The land there is unfit for agriculture but fit for ventures like this, though this may also be opposed by environmentalists. Britishers made a cantonment and the present Palam Airport on a rocky surface – they never went westwards towards Bahadurgarh or Sonepat. Back in Seventies, there was stiff opposition against acquiring of land where presently Maruti Udyog Ltd. is situated in Gurgaon’s rich fertile land. The proposal to locate this factory near Sohna, a rocky area, was rejected by Sanjay Gandhi who had his own influence in those days. But the lobby wanted this very land and it succeeded. The present lobby too, it seems, wants a plain surface land.

What would be the fate of this huge city of Delhi which will be deprived of water resources, vegetables, milk, fruit, grains etc. presently being produced by rich land within a 100-km range on all directions? Do we need a rich, green fertile land or just an ugly concrete jungle all around the capital?
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It will be really unfortunate, if productive agricultural land is used for airport. The most affected people will be from our community and their livelyhood will be gravely affected.

Think of the coming generations whose livelyhood will be ruined. I can't even imagine an airport on agricultural land.

It will be disastrous. I just do not understand why our own people are bent on ruining and uprooting our own people.

Development at what cost ??

People argue that it will bring development. What that development means to farmers. Just one huge payday and then......

If they really want to bring airport say out of economic/national compulsions. Then the civilized way should be, first provide alternative to the native people well before it is a reality.

Our leaders are not short sighted, they are one of the most cleverest politicians in the world. They just want to make hay while the sun shines.

A farmer and his family who has no other profession to choose from. No other trick of living he knows other than tilling his land. So is his family and kids.

They do not know the trick of any other trade. Everybody has seen and knew what happened to many jat families who one time became king of one big payday. They are ruined and their families are in tatters.

I just can't imagine to see a farmer's son as a laborer in a factory.

There are so may areas where land is not worth agriculture, why not to use that land. If we develop our highways (which eventually we will), then a distance of 150-200 kilometers will not be a distance (just a 2 hrs drive which is not a big deal). The airports can be connected with a high speed monorail or think of high speed bullet trains to cater the long distance airports. It will not be a big deal in coming future. The people who will use air travel, my best guess is they will be able to pay a ticket for bullet train too.


We should send a protest message to atleast our MP jatlander Deepinder to save the prime agricultural land and save money to bring in modern day transportation to cater the future needs. I am sure Deepinder will be able to see what is coming.

Think of development and long term and save our own people. If somebody who is interested to contribute to our community, then this will be the one.

Save our agriculture, save our land and save our people

Then we will not import millions of tons of wheat, which we did this year.

Imagine this area which will be surrounded by high rise urban cities. These very farmers will be able to cater to Delhi and adjoining areas with agricultural needs, vegetables, milk and their life and their children's life will be more easy than a one big pay day.

If this airport comes on this fertile land, it will be the biggest mistake for our community. If some one is interested in airport in productive agricultural land, then he is not interested in Development, but something else (May be his own development).

We should act before it is too late.



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Dev Sir Namaste,
This is a wishful thinking that NCR can remain as a land for Agriculture, the way Delhi's population is increasing. Now when land is going to be aquired, why not for a better cause, than for JJ colonies which would be a problem for ever.
Airport is part of infrastructure and IGI is such a small airport as per the international standards.
Rohini, Mundka, Ghewara, RaniKheda, how much land is left for agriculture and hom many slums have been developed.
 
donn belive these politicians... hamare district(jhunjhunu) mein....MP saheb.....Mr.shishram ola...nw minister in centre government.....har election mein(chahe...mMP ka ho..MLA ka...sarpanch ka)vada karte hain ki agli baar nehar(canal) jaroor aa jayegi ...lekin 15 yrs to mujhe ho gaye ye baat sunte huye.....
 
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Hi All,

I think they can't make International airport in Bhadurgarh, As per the aviation norms, they can't be two International airport with in 60 km for range.

I belive air distance of bhadurgarh is less than 60 kms from IGI Delhi. I think Kundli is a better choice to devlop that part of haryana.

Regards
Yudhvir Mor
 
dndeswal said:
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A decade back, there was a news about plans for a new airport near Kundali, Sonepat (Haryana). Today, there is another news about proposal of Haryana Government for an airport at Bahadurgarh. Would it ever materialize, and if so, its impact on rural populace of the area with so green, fertile lands ?


Hindustan Times, New Delhi (page 4)_ - 22 August 2007

Hooda seeks airport at Bahadurgarh
Sanjeev K. Ahuja
Gurgaon, August 21


Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged the Union government to sanction an international airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. The CM has also asked the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) to incorporate various roads connecting Delhi and NCR towns in the Zonal Plan of Delhi.

The CM was speaking at the 30th meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board in the Capital on Tuesday. “The aviation sector has witnessed phenomenal growth in the last few years. In spite of the upgradation of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, it would fall far short of the future requirements of NCR. There is a definite need to have an additional airport in the vicinity of Delhi”, the CM said.

He said the Haryana Government had submitted a proposal for an airport at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar which would have excellent connectivity with Delhi and other areas of NCR towns through the KMP Expressway. He urged the Board to impress upon the Ministry of Civil Aviation for early sanctioning of this project.

Hooda also stressed the need to speed up work on various roads and rail links between Delhi and NCR towns. “The new road links namely Northern Peripheral Road in Gurgaon should be extended up to Bijwasan-Najafgarh Road in Delhi,” Hooda said in the meeting.

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Sorry to say Pals, Hooda wont be able to get this...Already they have approved and working at Jevar in GNOIDA, Western U.P. And govt wont approve too many airports in Delhi's vicinity.
 
Airport or no airport the govt. and builders want high rates of land

Dayanandji,

It is really unfortunate that the ones to whom we hand over the reins of the state for its betterment, the very same leaders (if at all I can call them leaders) are bent upon decimating its very existence.

Development is not bad under any circumstance as we as a community and people need to evolve. But I would just like to ask for whom is this development - a few of the land sharks (or builder lobby) who have their eyes glued to this precious piece of land just at the periphery of Delhi. In fact these very land sharks prod the politicians into declaring some or the other scheme concerning real estate whereby both make money and in fact loads of money little realising what they are selling not just land but a part of heritage.

Why does the Haryana government need an airport at Bahadurgarh? How big is our state that we need air travel to save travelling time? And if we have to travel outside Haryana/India, we have the national and international airports within a few hours' reach. If at all we have to develop something on that land why not develop it for agri-business - could be for example packaged food processing with special concession to the local entrepreneurs.

One of my fellow members said it is better to sell the land because as it is the government will acquire it if it wants. My dear friend, the government is not above the might of the people. Please take the live examples of Singur and Nandigram. The government had to beat a hasty retreat there and was finally made to realise its folly. People will always need to eat food - they cannot eat cars as reiterated by the simple yet wise villagers of Singur and Nandigram.

My only request to our pro-development brothers is - PLEASE DONOT MAKE ME A STRANGER IN MY OWN STATE BY ENCOURAGING LARGE SCALE MIGRATION FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE. The one thing if I could convey to the so called leaders would be - 'Please stop selling our land. Please realise if you continue doing as you are now, history will never forgive you and also us (because we are not reacting but just being silent spectators)'. Why cannot it be the development of the people, by the people and FOR the people of Haryana. At the last count that I heard, Gurgaon had or was to have around 30 odd malls. Do we actually need more of these malls or more of affordable housing for the local people. They can live without malls but they certainly cannot live or cannot live with dignity without roofs over their heads.

As in the past, I am sure if the airport project is not approved by the central government, the poliiticians at the behest of the builder lobby will come out with any other project which will lead to shooting up of land prices around and hence benefiting both. Alas......... If only there was a mirror to show the messy future (if there is one) of the state with the current policies.
 
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