Land acquisition process for airport expansion nearing completion

Coimbatore | Sunday | 17th June, 2018

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But the Commissioner of Land Administration, who heard our grievances, has agreed to look into various anomalies we cited including classification of agricultural and residential land,” said a land owner. more-inA high-level review meeting of the Revenue Department held here on Saturday has mooted to speed up the acquisition of land for the expansion of the Coimbatore international airport. “No changes have been announced with regard to the compensation fixed earlier - ? 900 per sqft for agriculture land and ? 1, 500 per sqft for residential land. Sources said that acquisition process is nearing completion in one block with the state-level committee approved for payment of compensation. Jeyakodi, who headed the meeting, also held discussions with land owners during a visit to areas identified for acquisition..