The airport at Mopa, Goa was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December, 2022.
The first phase of the Mopa airport, named the Manohar International Airport, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening.
Mopa airport has been built keeping sustainability in mind, and has a solar power plant, green buildings, and LED lights on the runway, besides rainwater harvesting, state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant with recycling facilities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the state's second international airport at Mopa in North Goa on December 11, 2022, and the airport will begin operations from January 5.
Political leaders in the coastal state have been at loggerheads about whom the facility should be named after.
The existing Dabolim airport has the capacity to handle 85 lakh passengers in a year, but it does not have the facility for cargo transportation, which is available at the new airport.
Virtually addressing youth who were given appointments in Goa government departments during the Rojgaar Melava organised by the state government, Modi also appealed to the youth to work towards achieving the dream of a "new India" by 2047.
The positive impact of the MOPA mega project may cascade to other nearby regions such as Morjim, Assagao, Siolim, etc where the real estate demand will receive a boost, as per a research by 360 Realtors.
Speaking in the state Assembly during the monsoon session on Wednesday, Sawant also said the airport at Mopa in North Goa district would be commissioned "between August 15 and September 1 this year".
In the wake of the existing infrastructure at Goa’s Dabolim airport, the state has an agreement with only 18 countries, Sawant said in the Legislative Assembly.
The ambitious Mopa airport project’s success shows the strength of the BOT model. The airport is widely expected to lend momentum to the state’s laggard real estate.
GMR Airports, a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure has won the international competitive bid for development and operation of Mopa Greenfield Airport in North Goa