New push to get stalled Pune international airport plan moving

Pune The much delayed international airport for Pune might just get a new lease of life with Pune divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh initiating a fresh round of discussion for the site this week.
Following opposition by farmers to the proposed site near Chakan, the divisional commissioner will initiate the discussion to finalise a site from the three alternatives assessed by the administration. “The project has been pending for long. We need a new airport for the city and will initiate peaceful talks with locals,’’ said Deshmukh. He will be assessing the three alternative sites — two near Chakan and one at Pait village, all in Khed taluk.
Revenue department and Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) officials are likely to finalise the site during the talks and send suggestions to the government. MADC has already put up details on its website about developing the airport near Rajgurunagar, near Chakan. MADC officials said according to their proposal, they would acquire 3,300 hectares of land from various villages at a cost of about Rs 1,200 crore.
29/02/12 Nisha Nambiar/Express India

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