The security units at the airports, to be headed by Deputy Inspector General rank officers, will take charge once the infrastructure to install security gadgets and other logistics gets ready at both facilities, the officials said.The Navi Mumbai International Airport project, which is being developed by the Adani Group, will be completed in five phases and will have a total handling capacity of 9 crore passengers per annum. The first phase will have a capacity to handle 2 crore passengers per annum. Commercial operations at Navi Mumbai airport are expected to begin by March-April, 2025.The NIA greenfield facility is being built in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddha Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, about 75 km from Delhi, and will be the national capital region’s second international civil aviation facility after the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. It is also expected to get operational for passenger operations by April next year.The CISF is the national civil aviation security force that guards 68 airports at present. It provides a counter-terrorist cover to these facilities.
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