Officials complete survey at site
Land for Chennai airport identified
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 10:
In what appears to be an end to the speculation over the choice of site for a new airport for Chennai with international standards, the Central government seems to have zeroed in on a sprawling 3000 acre site on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, near Paiyanur, sources here said today.
In the Old Mahabalipuram Road, on the Tiruporrur to Mahabalipuram route, from Karunguzhipallam to Paiyanur, a 3000 acre barren land said to be owned by the Ministry of Defence, has been identified as a suitable location for the new project, it is said.
Senior officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry, Airports Authority of India besides revenue officials of the State, surveyed the area on 7 February for an on the spot assessment and soil tests are now being conducted, sources added.
The six-lane highway upto Siruseri from Madhya Kailash is likely to be extended upto Pooncheri, close to Mahabalipuram in the wake of the new Airport project.
Alongside the Paiyanur site, two more locations near Chennai are also being considered for their suitability to house the new airport for the City, it is said.
About 1500 acre site, between Pudupakkam - Mambakkam on the Kelambakkam Vandalur Road, near the proposed and shelved satellite city project of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and vast tracts of land measuring about 700 acres near Kelambakkam used by salt manufacturing companies are also being considered, it is said.
Interestingly, the Paiyanur site examined by the officials for the airport project was the one proposed to be developed as an administrative city by the previous AIADMK regime.
The Chennai airport expansion plan, conceived near the Pammal and Pozhicalur region in the midst of residential localities faced stiff resistance from not only residents but also from major political parties like the BJP.
The founder leader of PMK, Ramadoss also rose against the scheme, which he said would displace and harm the thousand of residents.
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced in the State Assembly that 'no scheme which hurts and displaces the common man would be implemented' which pushed the expansion scheme to cold storage.
Subsequently, airport near Sriperumbudur was proposed by Karunanidhi which however was found to be not feasible.
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Land for Chennai airport identified
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 10:
In what appears to be an end to the speculation over the choice of site for a new airport for Chennai with international standards, the Central government seems to have zeroed in on a sprawling 3000 acre site on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, near Paiyanur, sources here said today.
In the Old Mahabalipuram Road, on the Tiruporrur to Mahabalipuram route, from Karunguzhipallam to Paiyanur, a 3000 acre barren land said to be owned by the Ministry of Defence, has been identified as a suitable location for the new project, it is said.
Senior officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry, Airports Authority of India besides revenue officials of the State, surveyed the area on 7 February for an on the spot assessment and soil tests are now being conducted, sources added.
The six-lane highway upto Siruseri from Madhya Kailash is likely to be extended upto Pooncheri, close to Mahabalipuram in the wake of the new Airport project.
Alongside the Paiyanur site, two more locations near Chennai are also being considered for their suitability to house the new airport for the City, it is said.
About 1500 acre site, between Pudupakkam - Mambakkam on the Kelambakkam Vandalur Road, near the proposed and shelved satellite city project of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and vast tracts of land measuring about 700 acres near Kelambakkam used by salt manufacturing companies are also being considered, it is said.
Interestingly, the Paiyanur site examined by the officials for the airport project was the one proposed to be developed as an administrative city by the previous AIADMK regime.
The Chennai airport expansion plan, conceived near the Pammal and Pozhicalur region in the midst of residential localities faced stiff resistance from not only residents but also from major political parties like the BJP.
The founder leader of PMK, Ramadoss also rose against the scheme, which he said would displace and harm the thousand of residents.
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced in the State Assembly that 'no scheme which hurts and displaces the common man would be implemented' which pushed the expansion scheme to cold storage.
Subsequently, airport near Sriperumbudur was proposed by Karunanidhi which however was found to be not feasible.
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