Land need for airport expansion

Staff Reporter



Staff Reporter

TAMBARAM : Residents fear that going by the statement showing the total area of land proposed for the airport expansion prepared by the Airports Authority of India in November 2005, almost the whole of Gowl Bazaar and half of Pozhichalur would be taken up.

According to the statement, about 107 hectares (ha) of Gowl Bazaar (total area 122 ha) and 111 ha of Pozhichalur (total area 249 ha) were needed for the project. Further, the requirement was 14 ha in Anakaputhur (298 ha), 8 hectares in Cantonment Pallavaram (385 ha) and 2 hectares in Pammal (520 ha). Of the total requirement of 244 ha in Tambaram Taluk (above mentioned places), 189 ha was patta land, while 50 ha was classified as poromboke and about 5 ha belonged to the Central Government. In Sriperumbudur Taluk, the land needed for acquisition in the proposed scheme was 129 ha. Eleven hectares were needed in Tarapakkam (total area 125 ha); 21 in Manapakkam (410 ha); 52 in Kolapakkam (316 ha) and 43 in Gerugambakkam (393 ha).

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