Maharashtra sets one-month deadline for new airport rehabilitation deals

Mumbai: Concerned over escalations in costs for the Rs 14,000 crore Navi Mumbai international airport (NMIA) project, the state government has set itself a four-week deadline to decide compensation packages for those whose land needs to be acquired.
The airport is to be developed over 2,042 hectares. This includes about 485 hectares of private land, which is yet to be acquired. On Friday, union aviation secretary K N Shrivastava, who presided over a project review meeting, asked the state administration to resolve the issue on a priority basis. Confirming the development, state chief secretary Jayant Kumar Banthia disclosed plans to submit a proposal for compensation before the cabinet within a month's time.
01/09/12 Sandeep Ashar/Times of India

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