Summary:
In the SIA report, the competent authority had stated: “People are not likely to be displaced. However, around 90 families are losing land. No direct impact identified during SIA. First and foremost, the land owners have reportedly rejected the price being offered tentatively by the government at around Rs 17-20 lakh per acre while maintaining that the market price stood at more than Rs 1 crore per acre. They have also asked the government to make sure that local youth were employed in the air terminal and further that any subsequent purchase of land by them should be exempt from stamp duty..