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The proposed tunnel connecting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport with the Sabarmati Riverfront has moved a step closer to reality after the state Urban Development Department granted preliminary approval to the alignment under Hansol Town Planning (TP) Scheme No. 67, according to a Times of India report. The project had been stalled for nearly three years over the Army’s pending no-objection certificate (NOC). The latest approval preserves the alignment and 24-metre approach road near The Ummed hotel, but does not constitute the Army’s NOC or final construction clearance, the report said. The tunnel will begin near the Sardar Patel statue at the airport, pass through Airport Circle and connect with the 24-metre-wide road being developed along the eastern bank of the Sabarmati Riverfront under Phase 2. .......
