Civil Aviation ministry seeks salt pan lands to rehabilitate slums near airport

New Delhi/Mumbai: In a bid to clear some of the encroached land at Mumbai airport, the Civil Aviation Ministry today asked the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to get 200 acres of salt pan lands released to rehabilitate slums encroaching upon the airport.
“The Group of Ministers, in turn, has decided to ask the Maharashtra Government and the Central agencies to identify atleast 70 hectares of land that is free from encumbrances and may only require a change of land use,” a Civil Aviation Ministry official told The Indian Express. Sources said while the salt pan lands were owned by the Central Government, there were certain issues relating to ownership and possession which needed to be addressed. “The ministry is of the view that those lands where only a change of land use is needed can be released for rehabilitation purposes sooner,” the official said.
Faced with a severe land crunch at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport at Mumbai, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has been struggling to execute modernisation and restructuring works.
24/04/07 Mumbai Newsline

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Categories: Airports Apr 2007