Pune: The proposed Pune international airport at Rajgurunagar near Chakan is stuck at the land acquisition stage. It will take some time before the district collector can start with the process to acquire land for the Rs 1,000-crore project.
The collector, who is the sole authority vested with powers to acquire land for state projects, has identified a 1,650 hectares that cover the villages of Koye, Dhamne, Pait, Raundharwadi and Askhed Budruk in Rajgurunagar near Chakan.
On August 28, a decision to allocate Rs 200 crore to facilitate land acquisition, was taken at a meeting with chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai. Divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh and district collector Vikas Deshmukh had attended the meeting.
22/09/12 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India
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The collector, who is the sole authority vested with powers to acquire land for state projects, has identified a 1,650 hectares that cover the villages of Koye, Dhamne, Pait, Raundharwadi and Askhed Budruk in Rajgurunagar near Chakan.
On August 28, a decision to allocate Rs 200 crore to facilitate land acquisition, was taken at a meeting with chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai. Divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh and district collector Vikas Deshmukh had attended the meeting.
22/09/12 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India
