about nagpur city :
Third largest city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. With a population of 2.1 million (2001 Census), Nagpur was the 13 th largest urban conglomeration in India in 2001 and the foremost city in Mahar- ashtra's eastern Vidarbha region. Nagpur is also the state's Winter Capital (2) and the headquarters of Nagpur District and Nagpur Division administrations. 3) on a global scale, Nagpur is estimated to be the 114th largest city (1) and the 143 rd largest urban area in the world in 2006 in terms of population. 4) Nagpur is also important geographically as it lies practically at the centre of India with the country's geographical centre (Zero Mile ) being situated here. 5) Moreover, Nagpur is well-known throughout India as a trade centre for high-quality oranges grown in the surrounding region and hence the city is also known as Santra Nagari (Hindi and Marathi for 'Orange City' ). 6) Recently, the city celebrated 300 years of its establishment.

MIHAN Project Nagpur:

The Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project is facing a crisis as the Centre is yet to decide on the transfer of all assets of Nagpur Airport under AAI to the Maharashtra government. The project is being developed by Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation of which Chief Minister Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh is the chairman. The project includes an SEZ, a captive power plant, a health city, road and rail terminals, an international school, and a residential area on 3,600 hectares of land. Some 50-60 hectares is being acquired daily and consultants have been appointed for the various project components.
The Maharashtra government, while waiving stamp duty for Mumbai Airport project, has asked the Centre to transfer Nagpur Airport to the state for a token amount as the former has an ambitious development project for Nagpur Airport. The project envisages large investments from international companies. The Centre plans to resolve the issue through inter-governmental, inter-ministerial and intra-ministerial consultations.
MADC will upgrade the length of the Nagpur Airport runway from 3,200 to 4,000 metre and the capacity of terminal building from 400 passengers to 1,200-1,500 passengers. The company is also planning to provide space to airline operators for maintenance, refurbishment and overhauling purposes.
Says R.C. Sinha, VC & MD, MADC, "Major international clients are planning to visit Nagpur, so if the airport is not upgraded the MIHAN project will loose its marketability." The company hopes to attract investments from major players to further fund the Rs 2,500 crore MIHAN project. Until now MADC has raised Rs 400 crore for initial development.


District (s) Maharashtra-Nagpur
Coordinates 21.060 N 79.030 E
Area
-Elevation 218 km2
-310 m
Time Zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2007 est.)
-Density 2.420,000
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12,300/kmz
Codes
-Postal
-Telephone
-Vehicle

-4400xx
+91-712
-MH-31, MH-40


Airlines Flying into the airport include

Indian (Bangkok, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Raipur) Jet Airways (Delhi, Mumbai) Air Deccan (Hyderabad, Mumbai) Air Sahara (Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad) Indigo Airlines (Kolkata, Mumbai) Kingfisher Airlines (Ahmedabad, Hyderabad) Qatar Airways (Doha, Starts Feb 2007)