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New Delhi/Panaji, January 16, 2020: GMR Goa International International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Group informed that today, 16 January 2020, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment has lifted the suspension on Environment Clearance imposed vide its Order dated 29 March, 2019 on construction of new greenfield airport at Mopa, Goa.

The Bench of Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta passed the judgement in Hanuman Laxman Aroskar vs. Union of India (MA 965/2019). This judgement, in effect permits GGIAL to resume the construction activities at the project site to build a Greenfield international airport at MOPA, Goa. The construction can now be carried out in compliance with the conditions imposed under the Environment Clearance dated 28 October, 2015, additional conditions imposed by National Green Tribunal’s Order dated 21 August, 2018, conditions imposed by Environment Assessment Committee dated 23 April, 2019 and adoption of zero carbon program voluntarily assured by GMR Group, to be overseen by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.

This is a leap of faith reposed on the GMR Group which has always been dedicated towards maintaining the balance of sustainable development. The commitment of GMR Group to ensure compliance of best practices in maintaining and developing world class airports has been reaffirmed.

A GMR Group Spokersperson said, “We welcome the verdict of the Honourable Supreme Court of India. We plan to commence work for the new airport in Goa soon, in compliance with the orders of the Honourable Supreme Court. The new airport at MOPA is expected to enhance tourism and employment opportunities in Goa and open up new avenues for boosting the economy of the State. GMR Group assures its continued services towards nation building. ”

About GMR Infrastructure Limited:

GMR Infrastructure Limited, a leading global infrastructure conglomerate with interests in Airport, Energy, Transportation and Urban Infrastructure, is listed on Indian Stock Exchanges.

GMR Group’s Airport portfolio has around 172 mn passenger capacity in operation and under development, comprising of India's busiest Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Mactan Cebu International Airport in partnership with Megawide in Philippines. While greenfield projects under development includes Airport at Mopa in Goa and Airport at Heraklion, Crete, Greece in partnership with GEK Terna. The GMR-Megawide consortium has won the Clark International Airport's EPC project, the second project in Philippines. The Group has recently signed the Concession Agreement for the development and operation of a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh. The group recently signed concession agreement to commission, operationalize and maintain the Civilian Enclave at the Bidar Airport in North Karnataka. GMR Group is developing very unique airport cities on the commercial land available around its airports in Delhi, Hyderabad and Goa.

The Group's Energy business has a diversified portfolio of around 4,995 MW, of which ~3,040 MWs of Coal, Gas and Renewable power plants are operational and around ~1,955 MWs of power projects are under various stages of construction and development. The group also has coal mines in Indonesia, where it has partnered with a large local player.

Transportation and Urban Infrastructure division of the Group has four operating highways project spanning over 1,820 lane km. The Group has a large EPC order book of railway track construction including Government of India's marquee Dedicated Freight Corridor project. It is also developing multi-product Special Investment Regions spread across ~2500 acres at Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu and 10,400 acres at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.

GMR Group, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation carries out community based development initiatives at 24 different locations across India.

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