New Yamuna City: YEIDA Floats Tender for 8,000-Hectare Master Plan Between Jewar Airport and Tappal-Bajna

What Was Decided

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has announced plans to develop a new city across roughly 8,000 hectares between the proposed Noida airport and the Tappal–Bajna urban node, marking a major expansion of the authority's earlier industrial-only vision. The plan has evolved from an industrial node into a complete ecosystem, according to the Yamuna authority, with residential sectors, schools, colleges, a university, large hospitals, hotels, malls and shopping complexes now part of the vision. To take this forward, YEIDA has floated a tender to appoint an expert agency to prepare the techno‑economic feasibility report and the city master plan.

Where and How Big

The corridor sits between the upcoming Noida International Airport and the Tappal-Bajna Urban Centre, an area YEIDA is developing to strengthen industrial growth and attract fresh investment in the region. The proposed corridor is intended to bridge YEIDA Phase-I and Phase-II, creating a seamless industrial and urban development zone. Although the area was not originally included in the Master Plan 2041, its strategic location near the international airport has significantly increased its development potential.

As part of the connectivity plan, YEIDA intends to extend the proposed 130-metre-wide road connecting the airport up to the Khurja-Palwal Expressway, and to extend the existing 60-metre-wide road leading to Sabauta into the new corridor.

From Industrial Corridor to Full City

The 8,000-hectare stretch was first framed purely as an industrial project. YEIDA had approved plans to develop a large integrated industrial and economic zone between Jewar and the Tappal-Bajna area, spanning around 7,600–8,000 hectares, to house manufacturing units, logistics parks, warehouses, MSMEs, commercial spaces and worker housing. The July 22, 2026 announcement marks a shift: the same footprint is now being planned as a full city rather than an industrial-only zone, adding residential, education, healthcare and retail components to the brief given to the consultant.

Tender Timeline and Process

• Agencies can submit bids until August 5, with technical bids to be opened on August 7.
• The selected consultant will have six months to prepare the feasibility report, followed by four months to finalise the master plan, according to the authority.
• The master plan is expected to be ready within ten months, with work on the ground beginning only once the plan receives final approval.
• Officials say the accelerated schedule is meant to push rapid development in the Yamuna Expressway corridor.

Background: An Earlier, Narrower Approval

This is not YEIDA's first move on this stretch of land. The YEIDA Board had already approved a proposal to develop a new industrial corridor on the southern side of the airport towards Agra, noting that an earlier industrial corridor covering around 8,000 hectares between Tappal and the airport had also been approved. With that approval, a further master plan was to be prepared to expand industrial development in the region and support future investment. The July 22 tender for a full city master plan builds on — and broadens — that earlier industrial framing.

For context, this sits alongside YEIDA's wider statutory blueprint: YEIDA oversees 1,149 villages across six districts, covering a vast 3.35 lakh hectares along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway. Under the existing Master Plan 2041, 8,445 hectares are earmarked for industrial and mixed-use development, with 6,806 hectares for residential use, 5,544 hectares for green belts, and 5,900 hectares for transport infrastructure. The new 8,000-hectare city tender is a fresh, additional exercise layered on top of that plan rather than a revision of it, since the corridor area was not originally included in the Master Plan 2041.

What Happens Next

Once a consultant is appointed and the master plan is finalised, implementation is expected to roll out over several years rather than all at once. After empanelling a leading consultancy firm and developing the master plan, YEIDA is expected to undertake land acquisition, infrastructure development, and plotting in phases between 2027 and 2032, though the airport itself — the corridor's anchor infrastructure — is already operational.

The wider authority is already committing large sums toward this belt: YEIDA's 89th board meeting had already cleared an ₹11,829 crore budget for 2026–27, with ₹8,000 crore earmarked for land acquisition near the Noida International Airport.

Practical Effect

For now, this is a planning-stage decision, not a construction announcement. No land has been acquired for the new city plan itself, no sector layout exists, and no plot rates or allotment schemes have been notified. The immediate effect is procedural: YEIDA is buying itself a professional feasibility study and master plan before committing to acquisition, funding or design. Separately, and unrelated to this new-city tender, construction at YEIDA's Sports City project had been halted since 2021 amid prolonged disputes, with revival efforts gaining momentum after a Supreme Court order in December 2025 — a reminder that YEIDA's headline announcements and on-ground delivery can move on very different timelines. Investors and homebuyers should treat this as an early-stage planning tender: real sector maps, land rates and possession timelines will only emerge after the master plan is approved and subsequent board decisions are notified.