The Pune district administration will conduct land surveys in six new locations in Purandar taluka, Maharashtra, to determine if the proposed airport project could be shifted to any of these sites.
The administration will conduct the surveys and see whether land acquisition can be done smoothly at the site suitable in terms of connectivity and other logistics.
The Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) is the implementing authority of the project.
However, there has been no official announcement on any move to shift the airport project site. However, the state government has asked the Pune district administration to conduct these land surveys and submit a report within a month.
The Purandar airport project was announced in October 2016 and supposed to be operational within five years.
Earlier, seven villages, namely Pargaon, Khanawadi, Munjwadi, Ekhatpur, Kumbharvalan, Vanpuri and Udachiwadi were selected for land acquisition for the project. As per the existing plan, a total of 2,832 ha of land had to be acquired from these villages in Purandartaluka.
