Residents seek political support to protest against airport expansion
Staff Reporter
Rally to be taken out from Pozhichalur on December 7
TAMBARAM: Residents of Pozhichalur and nearby areas, who have been protesting the land acquisition scheme for the proposed Chennai airport modernisation, will be meeting top leaders of political parties in the State seeking support.
This was decided after a meeting of associations of residents, traders associations and the Struggle Committee at Anakaputhur on Sunday. Representatives of political parties and the associations took part in the meeting, where all of them pledged to continue their struggle against the land acquisition and the silence of the authorities, both Central and State, on the project. Sticking to their stand on Sunday, the speakers and participants agreed that expansion and modernisation was needed, but reiterated that this should be carried out in vacant areas earmarked in the original plan prepared by the State government, where there was no mention of Pozhichalur, Anakaputhur, Pammal or even land coming under the St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board. Better still, a greenfield airport in the vast open spaces in the city fringes could be created.
The residents planned to take out a massive rally from Pozhichalur and nearby areas on December 7 and meet the Chief Minister the same day. Meanwhile, they would also be meeting top leaders of all the major political parties to seek their support. If it did not succeed, they would stage a series of agitations and protests, speakers said.
Employees of the Airports Authority of India have been staging nation-wide protests against privatisation of airport modernisation and they too had extended their support to residents, the speakers said. The Airports Authority Employees' Joint Forum said they would be stating a three-day convention near the Chennai airport from December 27 and residents of Pozhichalur too would be taking part in it, a representative of the Forum said.
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Staff Reporter
Rally to be taken out from Pozhichalur on December 7
TAMBARAM: Residents of Pozhichalur and nearby areas, who have been protesting the land acquisition scheme for the proposed Chennai airport modernisation, will be meeting top leaders of political parties in the State seeking support.
This was decided after a meeting of associations of residents, traders associations and the Struggle Committee at Anakaputhur on Sunday. Representatives of political parties and the associations took part in the meeting, where all of them pledged to continue their struggle against the land acquisition and the silence of the authorities, both Central and State, on the project. Sticking to their stand on Sunday, the speakers and participants agreed that expansion and modernisation was needed, but reiterated that this should be carried out in vacant areas earmarked in the original plan prepared by the State government, where there was no mention of Pozhichalur, Anakaputhur, Pammal or even land coming under the St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board. Better still, a greenfield airport in the vast open spaces in the city fringes could be created.
The residents planned to take out a massive rally from Pozhichalur and nearby areas on December 7 and meet the Chief Minister the same day. Meanwhile, they would also be meeting top leaders of all the major political parties to seek their support. If it did not succeed, they would stage a series of agitations and protests, speakers said.
Employees of the Airports Authority of India have been staging nation-wide protests against privatisation of airport modernisation and they too had extended their support to residents, the speakers said. The Airports Authority Employees' Joint Forum said they would be stating a three-day convention near the Chennai airport from December 27 and residents of Pozhichalur too would be taking part in it, a representative of the Forum said.
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