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“The modernisation works are unlikely to meet the deadline,” said the airport director S Sreekumar. Chennai airport initially sought 200 acres of land and later restricted to 150 acres, of which 40 acres is defence land belonging to the Officers Training Academy, for the second phase of modernisation. It is learnt that the state government was to acquire 110 acres of land and the process has started. The land parcels are located on either flank of the airport metro station, between two metro viaduct and airport terminal building. Big plansThe multi-level car parking will accommodate 2,000 vehicles at Chennai airport and will have also have retail and cinema multiplex of approximately 238,100 square feet.