Originally Posted by Tower_P

Tenders for the proposed Navi Mumbai airport are likely to be floated in the next six month and the project is "very much on track", Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said today.

"The airport project is very much on track. The tendering process will be initiated over the next six months and I hope it to be completed by the end of this year," Patel told reporters at a function here.

"The airport is already delayed by three years. We expect the first phase to be operational by 2013," he said.