The late morning sun bounces off a line of fluorescent orange vests and yellow helmets shuffling towards a makeshift table. There, each of the men in the queue presents his Aadhaar card for verification. A nod later, the workers trudge towards an area filled with the grinding of machines and the striking of hammers.

Nearly 85 km from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, the primary aviation hub for New Delhi and its adjoining region, this is the airside area of the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district. Since June 2022, these workers have been giving shape to an expanse of glass, concrete and metal spread across 1,334 acres.

In a step towards heralding operations at Jewar airport, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) o

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