Andal (Durgapur): Exactly five years after Mamata Banerjee's strident opposition to farmland acquisition drove away the Nano car factory from Singur in Hooghly, the mercurial politician who is now the state chief minister will anoint an airport city project at Burdwan's Andal that is being developed on a land parcel twice the size of the abandoned Tata Motors site.
The CM is scheduled to visit the newly-developed airport on Thursday — the first such privately built greenfield facility in the region — and christen it Kavi Nazrul Islam Airport after the Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary. Singapore airport developer Changi is a stakeholder in the project.
Mamata's visit is all the more significant because it marks her new and pragmatic approach on private investment and land acquisition. Till as recently as a year ago, her government was at odds with the airport project being developed on land acquired during the Left Front regime, leading to fears that it may get shelved midway.
19/09/13 Times of India
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The CM is scheduled to visit the newly-developed airport on Thursday — the first such privately built greenfield facility in the region — and christen it Kavi Nazrul Islam Airport after the Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary. Singapore airport developer Changi is a stakeholder in the project.
Mamata's visit is all the more significant because it marks her new and pragmatic approach on private investment and land acquisition. Till as recently as a year ago, her government was at odds with the airport project being developed on land acquired during the Left Front regime, leading to fears that it may get shelved midway.
19/09/13 Times of India
