CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -TATA Projects has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) for the Noida International Airport (NIA) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noida International Airport, also known as Jewar International Airport, is an international airport being constructed near Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh in India, which will serve the National Capital Region (NCR).

Detailed explanation-3: -In November 2019, the Swiss firm Zurich Airport International AG (ZAIA) won the contract to build and operate the airport in Greater Noida for a period of 40 years, which includes construction period of four years in the first phase.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tata Group’s infrastructure and construction arm, Tata Projects, has bagged the contract to construct the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar, in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tata Projects will build the national capital region’s new airport at Jewar, after outbidding the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and Larsen & Toubro for the contract.