Mumbai: Even as the Prime Minister has given the go ahead for the Navi Mumbai airport in the face of opposition from certain villages, the Maharashtra Government is already working on an alternative plan for a new airport in the city to be built over reclaimed land.
This plan was announced by the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan while addressing the FICCI Real Estate Summit here on Friday. “We are working on a cashless-land-for-land formula with the villagers wherein for every hectare we acquire, we would give back 27 per cent to the project affected people in the new township called Pushpak Nagar.
According to this formula, the value of one hectare of land will be about Rs 19 crore. However, if we are not given land as per this formula, then we will build a new airport in the city by reclaiming land.”
“Though it would be difficult because of the reclaimed land falling under CRZ zone IV and there would be Environment Ministry hurdles to cross, we are going ahead with the study to be undertaken by a Dutch company,” he added.
Chavan also spoke about the proposal for extension of Juhu airport 22 km into the sea.
15/11/13 Business Line
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This plan was announced by the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan while addressing the FICCI Real Estate Summit here on Friday. “We are working on a cashless-land-for-land formula with the villagers wherein for every hectare we acquire, we would give back 27 per cent to the project affected people in the new township called Pushpak Nagar.
According to this formula, the value of one hectare of land will be about Rs 19 crore. However, if we are not given land as per this formula, then we will build a new airport in the city by reclaiming land.”
“Though it would be difficult because of the reclaimed land falling under CRZ zone IV and there would be Environment Ministry hurdles to cross, we are going ahead with the study to be undertaken by a Dutch company,” he added.
Chavan also spoke about the proposal for extension of Juhu airport 22 km into the sea.
15/11/13 Business Line
