It’s probably the largest displacement and relocation in the country in modern times. Four lakh residents will be shifted from the periphery of the airport to other areas in the suburbs so that the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s modernisation and expansion can be completed by 2013.
But two years after the state began the process of acquiring 276 acres of land needed for the expansion, the project crawls along, mired in controversy, protests and red tape. The residents—who include 7,000 families in Sahar Village, a gaothan housing original inhabitants of the city—want to see a clear resettlement plan before they allow a survey of the eligible homes. “Lock one house, give a key to a new house. This is our slogan. Unless the government follows this norm, it will find it difficult to move anyone out. There will only be resistance,’’ says N Sureshan, general secretary, Airport Authority Zopadpatti Sangharsha Samiti.
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But two years after the state began the process of acquiring 276 acres of land needed for the expansion, the project crawls along, mired in controversy, protests and red tape. The residents—who include 7,000 families in Sahar Village, a gaothan housing original inhabitants of the city—want to see a clear resettlement plan before they allow a survey of the eligible homes. “Lock one house, give a key to a new house. This is our slogan. Unless the government follows this norm, it will find it difficult to move anyone out. There will only be resistance,’’ says N Sureshan, general secretary, Airport Authority Zopadpatti Sangharsha Samiti.
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Any idea where will they be re-settled and how ?
Will only the gaothans be re-located or the slum dwellers as well
Used to living in such a prime spot how will the state ensure that they will not put up new Zopadpatti by encroaching on other open lands within the city...