Making way for the Greenfield airport at Parandur near Chennai, the process of land registration for transfer of land to Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) started on Wednesday. On the first day, 17.52 acres were registered for a value of ₹9.22 crore, says a release from the Kancheepuram District Collectorate Office.
The release said that 19 land title holders from five villages – Parandur, Podavur, Nelvai, Vallathur and Akkamapuram – participated in the direct talks chaired by the District Collector and agreed to transfer the land. Steps have been taken to pay the compensation to the land owners in their bank accounts on Wednesday , the release said.
In October 2023, the State government issued administrative sanction for acquisition of 1,527.32 hectares (3,774 acres) of patta lands for industrial purposes and alienation of 798 hectares (1,972 acres) of government lands in Sriperumbudur and Kancheepuram taluks of the Kancheepuram District for developing the airport.
As per the resettlement package, each affected family that is displaced from the land acquired will be given an eligible site based on the extent of their existing house and a construction house of an area of 400 sq ft, stated a Government Order issued on June 25.
The affected families were given the choice of annuity or employment; one time resettlement allowance for displaced family; transportation cost for displaced families; cattle shed/petty shop cost; one time grant to artisan, small traders; livelihood for displaced families; stamp duty, registration fee and provisions (like commercial shop) for vulnerable section (differently-abled individual and widows), the Order said.