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TN approves rates for land acquisition in Parandur
The New Indian Express
|June 30, 2025
THE Tamil Nadu government has approved land acquisition rates for the second Chennai airport proposed at Parandur in Kancheepuram district.
The rates have been fixed from ₹35 lakh to ₹2.57 crore per acre based on the Guideline Value (GLV), sale value and private negotiations held at the district- and state-levels to arrive at a "fair" price.
A Government Order was issued by V Arun Roy, secretary of the Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce Department, on June 25. However, residents protesting against the project since July 2022alleged that the state government, in its G.O., has "misleadingly" shown the GLV and sale value to be the same in a majority of cases in order to "deceive people".
THE government had issued administrative sanction for acquisition of 3,774.1 acres of patta land under the provisions of the TN Acquisition of Lands for Industries Purposes Act of 1997, and alienation of 1,972.17 acres of government land to develop a greenfield airport at Parandur.
This story is from the June 30, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express.
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