Land acquisition hurdles threaten to throw airport capacity build-up plans off track

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's directive to the civil aviation ministry to augment airport capacity across the country without delay may not yield the desired results because of the persistent problems in acquiring land.
The prime minister has asked the ministry to take time-bound actions to begin building 16 greenfield airports and spruce up another 17 airports using public-private partnerships. But the difficulties in land acquisition, which have already stalled the Navi Mumbai, Goa and Nagpur airports for several years, can throw all airport capacity build-up plans off track.
State governments have turned down or ignored most of the 61 requests for land allotments made by the Airports Authority of India for projects across the country. Experts caution that the cost of land alone may make many projects unviable.
13/08/12 Vikas Dhoot/Economic Times

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