Pune: The land acquisition for Pune international airport is already 65 per cent complete and there will be minimum displacement of villagers. The state government gave the green signal for the Khed Special Economic Zone site for the airport after six years and after assessing nearly eight sites.
"The obstacle-free land at the approach and take-off path, a large portion of acquired land for SEZ and the area meeting optimum airport requirements with two independent parallel runway operations made it a very feasible option,'' said Tanaji Satre, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Airport Development Company.
While the Chakan site was earlier announced as the airport site, the large-scale land acquisition and displacement of families had proved to be an impediment. The fact that the land was close to Bhama river and required levelling a hill had forced the officials to look out for other options.
17/11/13 Nisha Nambiar/Indian Express
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"The obstacle-free land at the approach and take-off path, a large portion of acquired land for SEZ and the area meeting optimum airport requirements with two independent parallel runway operations made it a very feasible option,'' said Tanaji Satre, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Airport Development Company.
While the Chakan site was earlier announced as the airport site, the large-scale land acquisition and displacement of families had proved to be an impediment. The fact that the land was close to Bhama river and required levelling a hill had forced the officials to look out for other options.
17/11/13 Nisha Nambiar/Indian Express
