Land acquisition for Chennai parallel runway on

Chennai: The process of acquiring about 1,069 acres of land for the parallel runway of the Chennai airport is on.
“There is no reconsideration of land acquisition,” says a senior revenue official. Both the secondary and parallel runways have been mapped in detail and the land required has been identified in Manapakkam, Kolapakkam, Gerugambakkam, Tarapakkam and Kovur on the northern side of the Chennai airport.
“The survey numbers are being enumerated and the acquisition is in the process. Notices will be shortly sent,” says a government source.
So far, the Tamil Nadu government has acquired 126.59 acres in Kolapakkam and Manapakkam villages in the Sriperumbudur taluk for the secondary runway and has handed over the land to the Airports Authority of India.
Acquisition cost
The cost of acquiring 126 acres is about Rs.100 crore. It is estimated that the cost of acquiring the entire area measuring 1,069 acres will be about Rs. 1,000 crore.
31/10/08 A. Srivathsan and P. Oppili/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Oct 2008