Land Acquisition Hurdles
The airport is facing hurdles in the acquisition of private land. The airport requires 2,042 hectares. CIDCO needs to acquire 424 hectares of privately owned land for which CIDCO officials and the State Government have been negotiating with the residents of seven villages. Land acquisition is stuck as the villagers (5,000 families) are demanding a higher compensation package of 200 million per acre. Villagers and land holders at the planned site of the airport are unhappy with the compensation paid to them. CIDCO then formed a committee comprising the divisional commissioner of the Konkan division and local politicians. The committee had offered the project-affected-people (PAP) two rehabilitation-related compensation options:
- a) 12.5% of developed land at the ready reckoner rates, in addition to monetary compensation
- b) 22.5% developed land in Navi Mumbai.
In response, the PAP allowed CIDCO to carry out survey work in the Chinchpada village, and not at the other 9 villages within the proposed airport site. However, the PAP still haven't agreed completely to the compensation options offered by the CIDCO. The PAP pressure group made it clear that it hasn't yet accepted the offer made by CIDCO, and will reach a decision only when CIDCO fulfils a list of its demands, one of which asks for appointments against pending vacancies in the development body, which are reserved for PAP.
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