18.6.12

CSIA upgrade snippets

• Work on the new Mumbai airport terminal started in 2009 

• The Mumbai airport revamp project has been delayed due to several reasons, including opposition to the relocation of a Shivaji statue and resettlement of slumdwellers 


• The project cost has shot up from 8,087 crore to 12,380 crore 

• There are 80,000 slum families. Tenements to rehabilitate 11,000 are ready and another 16,000 are under construction 

• The MIAL wants land near Kanjurmarg dumping ground and inside Kalina campus, but the state is against it. The state wants the Centre to open up AAI-owned land to resettle slumdwellers

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