Thiruvananthapuram: In an attempt to speed up land acquisition for the development of Trivandrum International Airport, the airport advisory committee convened a meeting at the airport here on Wednesday. This is the second such meeting held by the committee this year.
Airport officials requested to take necessary measures to begin the land acquisition in the meeting headed by Shashi Tharoor MP.
According to officials, 18.53 acres are required for expansion of the terminal in the Chackai side. The airport authority had earlier sent several requests to the government to begin the land acquisition in the 18.53 acres of land allotted to the airport in 2014, but each time due to local protests the land acquisition proceedings were stalled. The latest attempt in August by a team of revenue officials, who reached Vallakadavu to initiate proceedings for land acquisition, was foiled by the local residents who raised protest and prevented the officials from entering the area.
"The members of the advisory committee have assured that the issues at the airport will be discussed with the government. Shashi Tharoor MP has said that he will take up the issue of delay in land acquisition with chief secretary S M Vijayanand soon. We have requested district collector S Venkatesapathy to speed up land acquisition," said airport director George G Tharakan.
29/09/16 Times of India
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Airport officials requested to take necessary measures to begin the land acquisition in the meeting headed by Shashi Tharoor MP.
According to officials, 18.53 acres are required for expansion of the terminal in the Chackai side. The airport authority had earlier sent several requests to the government to begin the land acquisition in the 18.53 acres of land allotted to the airport in 2014, but each time due to local protests the land acquisition proceedings were stalled. The latest attempt in August by a team of revenue officials, who reached Vallakadavu to initiate proceedings for land acquisition, was foiled by the local residents who raised protest and prevented the officials from entering the area.
"The members of the advisory committee have assured that the issues at the airport will be discussed with the government. Shashi Tharoor MP has said that he will take up the issue of delay in land acquisition with chief secretary S M Vijayanand soon. We have requested district collector S Venkatesapathy to speed up land acquisition," said airport director George G Tharakan.
29/09/16 Times of India
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