30.8.12

Pune's new airport update


The proposed international airport at Rajgurunagar in Pune district got a push as the state government  decided to set aside Rs 200 crore for the project as immediate allocation through supplementary demand in this year’s budget and Rs 600 crore in next year’s state budget. The estimated cost of the entire project is over Rs 1,000 crore.
District collector Vikas Deshmukh said the decision was taken during a meeting in Mumbai in the presence of chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.
Deshmukh said, “The project is proposed in Pait, Koye, Dhamne, Askhed Budruk, Roundarwadi villages. Officials of the Airport Authority of India had conducted a survey of the proposed site and had recommended that additional land could be required in the eastern part for runways. Based on these observations, instructions are being issued to conduct a re-survey of the eastern part of the proposed site to identify the land. The survey will be executed by revenue officials and the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation.”
Deshmukh further said that about 1,650 hectare land has been identified for the project. The acquisition of land would be done as per the MIDC law, which would help offer better compensation to affected people.
The state government had earlier identified land in the Chakan area for the international airport. However, the entire project was shifted to Rajgurunagar because of stiff opposition from the local people there.

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