Thursday, 18 October 2012

Nod to acquire land for Kannur airport project


656 acres will be acquired under second phase
The State-level Empowered Committee has given approval for the acquisition of 656 acres of land for the proposed Kannur International Airport, Ports and Excise Minister K. Babu has said.
The said expanse would be part of the second phase of land acquisition for the project, Mr. Babu said here on Thursday. Negotiations were on from mid-September with around 1,000 landowners for fixing the value of land.
The negotiations were held in different sessions, grouping landowners in various categories based on the nature of the land, with the value of land starting from Rs.45,000 for an acre.
The negotiations were initiated after protests from the landowners against the prices fixed by a district-level purchase committee (DLPC), which ranged between Rs.25,000 and Rs.80,000 an acre. Because of the protests the Empowered Committee returned the DLPC’s proposal, and asked it to revise the prices.
Of the total 783 acres to be acquired under the second phase, the issue of 656 acres had been solved with the committee’s approval.
Acquisition of the remaining land would begin with the issuance of fresh notifications under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act. Notifications issued earlier had lapsed. The first phase saw 1,300 acres of land being acquired.

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