GMR, 18 others interested for UP's Jewar airport

Lucknow: As many as 19 bidders, including GMR, Reliance and Adani group, have shown interest for the development of Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar district, an official spokesman said on Tuesday.

The development work of the airport is expected to commence in 2020 and the first phase will be completed by 2023.

"So far, 19 bidders have shown interest in the airport project for which technical bid will open on November 6.

The bidders included GMR, Reliance, Adani besides others," an Uttar Pradesh government spokesman said.