Navi Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) on Friday said that it will go ahead with the global tender for the Rs 15,000-crore proposed Navi Mumbai airport project in the first week of December despite eight villages rejecting the compensation package offered for their land.
Cidco MD Sanjay Bhatia said that the project monitoring and implementation committee had approved the report and it was being forwarded to the Union civil aviation ministry to initiate the bidding process by issuing a request for proposals. He stressed that the compensation package offered to the villagers will not change, and added that "if everything goes as planned, the first phase of the airport will be ready in December 2017".
Cidco has already acquired 2,288 hectares of land and has to get 271 hectares. But eight villages have rejected the deal that was finalized between their representatives and the government on November 11.
22/11/13 Sanjay Banerjee/Times of India
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Cidco MD Sanjay Bhatia said that the project monitoring and implementation committee had approved the report and it was being forwarded to the Union civil aviation ministry to initiate the bidding process by issuing a request for proposals. He stressed that the compensation package offered to the villagers will not change, and added that "if everything goes as planned, the first phase of the airport will be ready in December 2017".
Cidco has already acquired 2,288 hectares of land and has to get 271 hectares. But eight villages have rejected the deal that was finalized between their representatives and the government on November 11.
22/11/13 Sanjay Banerjee/Times of India
