Mumbai: In the latest twist to the saga of this long-pending proposal, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that the state government is toying with the idea of setting up the new airport on land reclaimed from the sea. He has told a conference yesterday that the government will shift the location of the airport and is in talks with a Dutch company to weigh possibilities of developing an airport like Chek Lap Kok or Osaka in Japan. “We have engaged a Dutch company to study and undertake feasibility to develop proposed Navi Mumbai airport on reclaimed land,” Chavan has been quoted as saying in a report in The Economic Times. This announcement comes after a section of villagers rejected the government’s compensation package. The government had offered the project affected people 22.5 acre of developed land with an average floor space index of 2. No cash was offered, though.
16/11/13 First Post
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