Airport upgrade: Delay makes AAI give up on Army land

Chandigarh: Giving up hope of getting two chunks of Army land to upgrade the Chandigarh airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has decided to do with only one.
“We had demanded two chunks of land from the Army — 4.5 and 0.7 acres— but because of the delay we have decided to do without the 4.5 acres,” Airport Director Suneel Dutt told Newsline. “We wanted the 4.5 acres of land to expand the apron area but now we have changed the construction plan itself.”
The AAI, however, still wants the 0.7 acres to expand the approach road to the airport. Though the AAI has given up on the 4.5 acres, the Chandigarh Administration still wants to acquire it.
“We want the land as demanded from the Army. We will compensate them by providing an equal area of land at a different location,” a senior official of the Administration said. “We can give this land to the airport authorities, in case they need it in the future.”
26/03/10 Jyotsna Jalali/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010