Mumbai: Navi Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (NMIAPL) said on Saturday that it has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the greenfield Navi Mumbai airport to the L&T infra arm, L&T Construction.

The work under the EPC contract includes cutting and filling, construction of terminal building, airfield development such as construction of runway, apron area, taxiways, airfield development and utilities and support facilities, among others, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) said in a release.

NMIAPL is a public-private partnership venture in which GVK-led MIAL has a 74 per cent stake with CIDCO, the Maharashtra government’s nodal agency for the project, holding the remaining 26 per cent. “We are happy to partner with L&T for the Navi Mumbai airport,” said founder and chairman, GVK group, GVK Reddy.