While presenting the Maharashtra Budget for 2025-26 yesterday in the state Assembly, Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, who also holds the Finance portfolio, proposed a third airport for Mumbai near Vadhvan port.
Pawar also announced that the night landing facility will soon be operational at Shirdi Airport.
Domestic flights will begin operations at Navi Mumbai International Airport next month, with 85% of the work already completed and successful trial runs conducted, said Pawar.
A third airport for Mumbai, which will be operational by 2030, is proposed near Vadhvan Port, with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station also to be situated nearby.
He also said that night landing facility will soon be operational at Maharashtra’s Shirdi Airport, a famous pilgrim site.
The state is also planning to develop 1,500 km of new roads and upgrade 7,000 km of existing roads to cemented roads.
The Metro service will link Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport with the Navi Mumbai International Airport, informed Pawar.
