Cabinet go-ahead for land acquisitionThursday November 8 2007 08:47 IST
CHENNAI: The State Cabinet has approved handing over of 1069.99 acres of land, identified in Manapakkam, Kolapakkam, Gerugambakkam and Tharapakkam, to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the expansion of the Chennai Airport.
Sources said this was a green signal for the Kancheepuram district administration to start acquiring the land, identified earlier for the airport expansion works worth Rs 2,700 crore.
The transport department had recommended that the Chennai Metropolitan Development Agency (CMDA) freeze construction works in the four areas in July.
A proposal to expand the airport into the North- Western side of the existing airport was taken at a meeting of all parties of the legislature, convened by the DMK government in May.
The meet had also approved the identification and acquisition of land in the four localities and dropped the earlier proposal to expand the airport into the Pozhichalur and Cowl Bazaar areas.
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We studied something like "Robbing peter to pay Paul," during our school days. TN government under the dynamic leadership of Dr is doing the same thing. Originally Pozhichalur land was to be offered. Since govt couldn't lay there hands there they are now robbing Manapakkam residents to pay IAAI,
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