The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has granted environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone Clearance for the development of the greenfield Shree Jagannath International Airport on 471.348 ha of land in Sipasarubali, Puri District.
MoEF’s approval was based on the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC)’s recommendation, which granted both Environmental Clearance and Coastal Regulation Zone Clearance to the project, subject to the following specific conditions.
The proposed greenfield airport is being developed in a phase-wise manner near Sipasarubali village on the outskirts of the coastal town of Puri. The existing Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Bhubaneswar, is situated at an aerial distance of approximately 50 kms and road distance of 67 kms from proposed airport site.
Earlier, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) had accorded a site clearance certificate for this proposed airport site. The passenger traffic expected for the first phase is estimated to be 4.6 million passengers per annum (MPPA). The proposed project area is 471.348 ha, out of which 353. 862 ha is government land.
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