Mumbai airport 'landlocked'

Mumbai: When one talks of encroachment on airport land, the images that come to mind are of the slums.
But there are other colonies rather housing colonies that stand on 150 acres of prime land belonging to the Mumbai airport.
There are colonies for Air India employees, Indian Airlines, The Posts and Telegraph Department and Central Public Works Department.
They were all built in the last 50 years and which now need to be tackled.
"We have approached these companies and they have agreed to densify these areas in such a manner that excess land becomes available for the airport," said G V Sanjay Reddy, MD MIAL.
By densifying they mean, building taller towers to pack in the 4,500 houses currently occupying over 150 acres into just half the area.
But there is a problem, there are four schools, community halls and a sports pavilion in the colonies and shifting all this means money, which is a problem.
24/05/07 Miloni Bhatt/NDTV.com

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Categories: Airports May 2007