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Maharashtra Speeds Up Land Acquisition With 1 Lakh-Acre Goal, Purandar Airport Fast-Tracked

The drive seeks to relieve pressure on Pune’s Lohegaon airport.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed time-bound, transparent acquisition across the state and tasked MIDC with assembling one lakh acres for industry.
  • Officials reported 8,969 acres currently available for industrial use and 20,431 acres newly acquired across departments.
  • For the Purandar greenfield airport, joint measurement of 1,216 hectares is underway and acquisition has begun in seven Pune district villages with deputy collectors and SDOs appointed as officers.
  • MIDC was told to issue remaining land acquisition notifications for Purandar and to place a funding proposal before the next cabinet meeting.
  • Fadnavis set a three-year completion horizon for ongoing projects and instructed agencies to secure large contiguous non-forest parcels, minimize inconvenience to landowners, and strengthen MADC by handing it under-construction airports.