Compensation given for lands acquired for airport expansion project
KANCHEEPURAM: Compensation totalling Rs.25 crore was distributed recently to the landowners, who agreed to hand over their lands for the Chennai airport expansion project.
Distributing cheques to 36 out of the 45 landowners at the Collectorate here, Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan said 126.59 acres had been acquired in Manapakkam and Kolapakkam.
The State government had classified the 126.59 acres of private lands acquired at Manapakkam and Kolapakkam areas into four categories – (a) barren agriculture lands (which are level lands); (b) lands in which earth had been excavated for brick making; (c) unapproved layout area with access to public road; and (d) land in the unapproved layout set aside for road and common purposes.
The compensation for lands coming under category A has been fixed at Rs.1.06 lakh per Cent; for lands classified as category B at Rs.60,000 per Cent and for the category C at Rs.750 per sq.feet or Rs.18 lakhs per ground (2400 sq. ft). Lands falling under category D were not eligible for compensation.
Kancheepuram Collector Santosh K.Misra said the landowners have given their consent for receiving the compensation under Section 7(2) of the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act 1997.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120560330400.htm
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