Noida Authority looks for company to build a heliport, finds 1 taker, again

Noida floated a global tender for the construction of a heliport in Sector 151A in March of 2022. A single bidder applied, but was rejected because the company had not qualified for the technical bid round. The authority made some changes to the bid and floated it again in December of last year. A prebid meeting was held and several companies that participated made suggestions aimed at providing helicopter operations from Noida to Delhi's IGI Airport and the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar and other hilly regions. The heliport project was envisaged in 2020, and an agreement was signed between Noida and Rite Ltd. in August of 2020 for providing consultancy services for the project development. The heliport is proposed to come up on 93 acres of land in Sector 151A at a cost of Rs. 43 crore. It will also facilitate the movement of VIPs and executives heads of companies and foreign delegations. The catchment area of the heliport stretches up to 500km from the site and includes cities like Mathura, Agra, Vaishno Devi Temple, Katra Jaisalmer, Mount Abu, and Ujjain among others. Helicopters like Bell 412 12 seaters and Mi-172 the largest chopper having 26