Airport work on defence land resumes

Chennai: Following the intervention of Chief Secretary K.S. Sripathi, expansion work on the defence land at the Chennai airport resumed on Thursday.
A team of revenue officials, led by A. Nambirajan, Collector-in-charge of Kancheepuram district, visited the defence land, where the defence authorities had prevented Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials from taking up the work since July 17.
Mr. Nambirajan said a Revenue Divisional Officer and a Tahsildhar along with AAI officials visited the spot. “The work at the defence land site would continue without any problem. AAI officials in coordination with the Revenue authorities are supervising the progress of the work,” he said. A Revenue Divisional Officer would monitor the progress of the work. In case of any problem, he would be available at the site to sort it out.
Foundation concrete work, earth excavation and clearing of bushes were taken up on Thursday on the 16.24-acre defence land.The board put by the defence authorities was replaced with a new board stating: ‘Chennai Airport Modernisation Work in Progress.’
24/07/09 P. Oppili/The Hindu

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