Sriperumbudur airport expansion in limbo

The state government and Airports Authority of India (AAI) are yet to decide on whether to build a parallel runway at the existing airport or to construct a new airport at Sriperumbudur. The state government had targetted around 993 acre of land in Manapakkam, Kovur, Gerugambakkam and Kolapakkam villages for acquisition almost three years ago. The parallel runway project has been put on hold as AAI would not build it if the state government was going to have a second airport on 4,822 acre in the city. Contact: Airports Authority of India. Tel: 011-2463 2950. Website: www.aai.aero