Proposal on Tiruchi Airport expansion to be reworked

Tiruchi: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will rework its proposal on expansion of the Tiruchi Airport to reduce the extent of residential lands to be acquired for the purpose.
This was among the important decisions arrived at a high level meeting of senior State government and AAI officials chaired by Transport Minister K.N. Nehru here on Friday. The Secretary, Public Works Department, S.Audiseshiah, Secretary, Transport, Debendranath Sarangi, and the Southern Regional Executive Director, AAI, L.L.Krishnan, were among those who attended.
Though officials remained tight-lipped on the decisions taken at the meeting, given the sensitive subject of land acquisition, sources told The Hindu that the expansion plans would now be re-worked to substantially reduce the residential lands to be acquired on the western side, in front of the airport, in the wake of stiff opposition.
AAI plans to extend the airport runway to 12,500 feet from 8,000 feet and about 450 acres was initially planned to be acquired. A substantial portion of this was on the western side.
24/05/08 S. Ganesan/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports May 2008