Proposed international airport at Kushinagar faces land acquisition hurdles

The proposed international airport in the Buddhist Circuit of Kushinagar is facing land acquisition hurdles, even as the Centre is yet to grant the final No objection Certificate (NoC) to the project.
While the government is offering to pay the farmers according to the circle rates, the farmers are demanding much more, realising the importance of the project.
Earlier, the government had notified 13 villages for the acquisition of roughly 258 hectares.
The compensation offer ranges from Rs 12 lakh to even Rs 1.5 crore per hectare depending upon the location. The land swathes, which are near the highway are costlier than those in the interiors.
The district administration recently held a public hearing to sort out the issue, but with little success.
The state already has additional 40 hectares land for the project in the form of an old airstrip built in 1946 for emergency services. The proposed airport will have a 3,200 metre long airstrip.
04/06/10 Virendra Singh Rawat/Sify.com

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