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I will also expect that we learn from the experience of Bengaluru and Hyderabad greenfield airports and build the multimodal transport infrastructure to the airport.” The new airport will be useful for international flights as capacity constraints of the existing airport prevent airlines from flying wide-body planes to Chennai. However, as the second airport will take about 7-10 years to be operational we must simultaneously ensure that the current airport’s capacity is maximised. It must now be fast tracked with highest strategic determination. Kapil Kaul, CEO & director CAPA advisory, said “The second airport in Chennai is long overdue. The state governments have higher stakes in these airports and take the lead with joint venture partners. The state is studying the airport models of Kochi, Navi Mumbai, and Jewar in Noida. A detailed project report needs to be prepared and then the government will decide which model to adopt and then apply for a licence. A greenfield airport is developed after a two-stage process of site clearance and in-principle clearance. Industries secretary S Krishnan said the state government would submit a report for further clearances. Parandur has Sunguvarchatram and Sriperumbudur to the east, Kanchipuram to the south and Arakkonam to the north, all within a 29km radius. The government is also considering building an elevated road to connect the airport with NH 48. The airport’s entrance is likely to be on the new Chennai-Bengaluru expressway that is to be built. And the government has announced that it would extend metro rail to Sriperumbudur. There are a few residential clusters, which will be relocated. This should make acquisition less of a problem. The 4,000-acre site, on the right side of t h e p r e s e n t NH48 to Bengaluru beyond the industrial hub of Sriperumbudur, is mostly open agricultural land. Now, it may take around two years for the paperwork to be completed and another four to five years to complete construction of the city’s second airport.

The site for the aerotropolis has been identified at Parandur. ” Coming 2030, and passengers from Chennai could be boarding planes at a swanky new airport where flights take off simultaneously from parallel runways. Union minister of state for civil aviation V K Singh said in a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha that “After comparing the viability and feasibility, including the presence of habitation and industrial establishments and the land acquisition cost of both sites, the state government has shortlisted Parandur as the location for development of the greenfield airport. It is to be developed as a huge aero city with facilities for maintenance and repairs, aviation ancillary units, and commercial establishments. The plan is to build an airport that will have two parallel runways and terminals to handle around 20 million passengers a year. The state government had shortlisted Parandur and Pannur, both of which the Airports Authority of India found suitable, reports Ayyappan V. CHENNAI:A second airport to serve Chennai will come up at Parandur, 70km from Chennai, along the highway to Bengaluru.

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