Noida authority to build heliport and habitat centre on PPP mode

In the latest development, officials said Noida Authority is all set to construct helipads along with a habitat centre with the help of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). This was recently announced 2 months after the actual tender for the construction of the heliport was cancelled. Noida officials are currently in talks with the stakeholder in order to get suggestions for a Public Private Partnership (PPP).

The original bid by a lone bidder was cancelled after the consultant RITES highlighted some deficiencies. The main aim behind the construction of the heliport is to provide better reach to nearby religious sites i.e an area that is spread over 9.3 acres in Noida Sector 151. The heliport will have the capacity to land three helicopters at once plus, it will also have the space to land Mi-172 helicopters too, officials said.

According to a Noida Authority official, “In the original online call for tenders, only a single bid was received, which was later turned down due to some documentation issues. After the original tender was cancelled, suggestions were sought and six stakeholders are now giving their inputs and suggestions for the new tender, with topics such as construction time being discussed.”

As stated by Noida ACEO Manavendra Singh, “The project value is at around Rs 43 crore, with the land value at about Rs 23 crore.”

In the meantime, Noida authorities another project Noida Habitat and Convention centre in Sector 94, with an aim to promote art and culture is all set to be built on the PPP model. Although the project currently is under development with an official saying we have hired an architect and consultant who are working on the planning stages with the tender still in process and not ready.