GKR Nagar Welfare Association has urged the State Government and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry through Coimbatore MP P.R. Natarajan for excluding some sections of the Nagar from the proposed acquisition plans for expansion of the Coimbatore Airport.
Thanked
The residents as well as the MP have thanked the Airport Authority of India for scaling down the land requirement from 612.97 acres to 594 acres.
However, they pointed out that even the present proposal has plans for acquiring 111 meter from the existing compound wall for the runway expansion.
But, this would result in demolition of 319 houses including 190 concrete houses, 107 asbestos sheet roof houses and 22 tile roofed houses and setback to 309 vacant sites, eight textile mills, 26 engineering industries and 40 small workshops thereby affecting the livelihood of 2,600 people living and working in places such as GKR Nagar, Shree Nagar, College Nagar.
Vacant land
Mr. Natarajan has urged the Union Minister to have a re-look at the entire issue and examine the possibilities of utilising the alternate vacant land opposite to the existing compound wall, so that lot of people, especially retired senior citizens are saved from the ordeal, mental and physical agony of losing all their belongings without jeopardising the airport expansion project.
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