Reiterating the Maharashtra Government’s commitment to expedite the work of the Navi Mumbai International Airport, Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Monday announced that the State Government had decided o develop a new city called NAINA in an area of 600 sqkm around the proposed airport.
Rao said that owing to comprehensive rehabilitation policy of the Government, consent letters from Project Affected Persons for land acquisitions had already been received by the state-run nodal agency CIDCO, while a majority of the clearances required for the Project e been received.
The Governor said that in light of the smart city mission announced by the Centre, the State Government intended to develop maximum number of Smart Cities in State.