Pune: With Pune Inc. lobbying strongly for the greenfield international airport in the fringes of the city, it was felt that the long wait of 12 years, since it was announced, had finally come to an end with a new location being identified in November last year at Khed, where most of the land had already been acquired for a corporate joint-venture — the special economic zone (SEZ) and Khed Economic Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (KEIPL).
However, last week, even as local farmers' resistance to the project has been building up, Baba Kalyani, a key player in this plan, almost shut the door on the project offering to part with less than half the land requisitioned from KEIPL.
On June 11, Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge, the company with critical 24 per cent stake in KEIPL, made a presentation to Dr P S Meena, the State's additional chief secretary (civil aviation).
Here, he revisited the blueprint for the airport to contend that it could be built on much less land than what has been requisitioned. While KEIPL was required to part with 850 hectares, of its total 4,500 hectares, for the airport project, Kalyani argued that a facility on the lines of Heathrow airport could well be built on just 350 hectares. Giving anymore than this would also work against the interest of the SEZ.
20/06/14 Kaumudi Gurjar/Pune Mirror
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However, last week, even as local farmers' resistance to the project has been building up, Baba Kalyani, a key player in this plan, almost shut the door on the project offering to part with less than half the land requisitioned from KEIPL.
On June 11, Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge, the company with critical 24 per cent stake in KEIPL, made a presentation to Dr P S Meena, the State's additional chief secretary (civil aviation).
Here, he revisited the blueprint for the airport to contend that it could be built on much less land than what has been requisitioned. While KEIPL was required to part with 850 hectares, of its total 4,500 hectares, for the airport project, Kalyani argued that a facility on the lines of Heathrow airport could well be built on just 350 hectares. Giving anymore than this would also work against the interest of the SEZ.
20/06/14 Kaumudi Gurjar/Pune Mirror
