Overview
- Over 1,100 acres have been taken over for Chennai’s second airport, with ₹856 crore disbursed to 1,155 landowners, BusinessLine reported.
- Authorities say the project needs about 5,746 acres across multiple Kancheepuram villages, with private patta land forming the bulk of the requirement.
- TIDCO is preparing the Environmental Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan and plans to send draft bid documents to the Centre.
- Ekanapuram remains a major holdout with 905 acres, protest leaders say they will file a PIL to protect local water bodies, and sources indicate the state may pause acquisition there for now.
- Recent drives used special registration camps to complete over 1,000 sale deeds, and while one outlet reports ₹680 crore paid so far, officials elsewhere have earlier cited around ₹400 crore.