Expansion of Coimbatore International Airport has been one of the main needs of Coimbatore, which is an industrial city, and has been a demand of many industries for many years. For land acquisition for expansion works, the DMK government has spent around Rs. 2,100 crore has been allocated.
Coimbatore Airport
A total of 635.33 acres of land is required for expansion of Coimbatore Airport. While the land acquisition work was going on, there was a delay in the land acquisition work due to the parliamentary election work.
Expansion works
Also, the airport expansion work was on hold due to some policy differences between the central and state governments as the Tamil Nadu government had imposed certain conditions for handing over the land. It was expected that a proper solution would be found and the expansion work should be started soon. Also, reports say that the Tamil Nadu government has decided to relax the conditions for handing over the lands.
Land acquisition work
In this situation, Minister DRP Raja has announced in the Legislative Assembly that the expansion work of Coimbatore Airport will be started soon. He said that the land acquisition work for the airport expansion has been completed and the expansion work of Coimbatore airport will start soon.
