Pune: Landowners of seven villages — Pargaon, Kumbarvalan, Khanwadi, Munjwadi, Ekhatpur, Vanpuri and Udachiwadi — in Purandar taluka, the original proposed site for the new Pune international airport, have accused the state government of mental harassment while questioning Shivajinagar MLA Siddharth Shirole’s locus standi in the project.
The accusations come after the MLA, in a tweet on Saturday, said, “Based on information I have received, the construction of Chhatrapati Sambhaji International Airport in Purandar is progressing as planned with the pre-acquisition and land acquisition formalities currently underway. I want to assure the citizens of Pune region that I will be closely coordinating with all relevant departments in the upcoming days to gather comprehensive information and a detailed timeline that I can share with you. I hope to keep you informed every step of the way.” The project was shifted around 15-20 kilometres by MVA government.
Shirole’s tweet came after netizens raised questions about deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis making no mention of the Purandar airport in the assembly during his statement on the status of various airports in the state.
Shirole told TOI that the government had asked the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) last month to get all necessary clearances afresh from different departments and ministries so the land acquisition process can be initiated at the originally selected villages for the project. Fadnavis, the CM in 2016, had announced that the project had all necessary clearances, including from the defence ministry.
However, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which came to power in 2019, shifted the site 15-20km away to Mavadi, Pimpri, Rajuri, Rise-Pise, Naygaon and Pandeshwar villages. The defence ministry had rejected the new proposal. Last year, when the Shinde-Fadnavis government asumed power, the state government announced that the airport and a logistics hub will come up at the original site and will be managed by the MADC.
“We don’t even know who is he (Shirole) and his role in the project. It is an attempt by the state government to harass us mentally. We have clearly said in 2016 that not an inch of our land will be given to the project. When things come to the ground again, we will see what is to be done. The government itself is not stable and they are trying to rattle us,” Jitendra Memane, spokesperson of the Vimantal Sangharsh Samiti, told TOI.
24/07/2023 Times of India
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