In a relief to the Airports Authority of India, the Supreme Court on Tuesday changed its order and permitted AAI to expand the air terminal traffic in the Agra runway strip and develop another terminal in Agra.
A seat headed by Judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul passed the bearing while at the same time hearing an application moved by the Airports Authority of India. AAI has moved an application through advocate Ashwarya Sinha. In the application, the Airports Authority of India has looked for a change of the court’s previous order dated 11 December 2019, by which the court has coordinated the Centre not to allow any activity to build the air terminal traffic in the Agra runway until the next orders.
Considering the developing need to increment air traffic, the Airports Authority of India has looked to change the prior order.
AAI, in its application, said that the administration after believing in the UDAN-RCS Plan alongside different variables proposed the advancement of the New Civil Enclave at the existing Civil Enclave to provide state-of-the-art facilities to passengers and boost the tourist inflow in the city.
“That the new enclave having a building area of 30,000 sq. mtr. is proposed on the area which falls inside the geographical limits of the Taj Trapezium Zone. That the proposed area is free from all encumbrances and has been transferred by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to the Applicants,” AAI said in its plea.
AAI presented that the top court vides its structure dated 4 December 2019 and 11 December 2019 has previously allowed consent for the development of the New Enclave Territory.
The candidate explained that regardless of the approval previously allowed by the Court to build the New Territory, the AAI can’t develop the said New Considerate Area as the ban put upon the increment of air traffic by the Court makes the whole undertaking infeasible, and non-viable.
