PARANDUR AIRPORT ✈️ Why is it needed for Chennai?? A long read! Share Max. Firstly people who’s lands are being acquired for #Parandur Airport are being given : 🔹 3-4 times the market value of the land 🔹Alternate housing is being given to them just next to the project site . Tenders are already out for it 🔹Govt jobs are being promised to the people ➡️Now political parties should push the govt to make sure these benefits reach the people which they truly deserve rather than telling to completely drop the project! ➡️Chennai badly needs a new airport! The existing one at Meenambakkam has planned max capacity of 35 MPA and it’s the smallest in terms of area among all airports. Nearby Bengaluru (70MPA) or Hyderabad (70MPA) have bigger capacities. Mumbai & Delhi are building 2nd airports too. Bengaluru is going for 3rd airport ➡️One can’t acquire land at the existing airport. Getting land from OTA is close to impossible and cost of acquiring land at nearby Gerugambakkam is costlier than that at Parandur. ➡️ Existing one has a river too flowing through it and its layout has always been an issue given its narrow access via GST Rd. Cargo terminal is small as well and we have been losing to Bengaluru/Hyderabad in terms of Logistics ecosystem ➡️Airport is just not about the rich people flying. Reports suggest that more Indians will fly in the next 10 yrs. Indian Airlines have 1,000 planes or order and we need airports to cater to them! Parandur with a full fledged airport will supports Logistics Warehousing ecosystem, Hotels, MRO etc providing jobs for Lakhs! ➡️4-5 sites were studied for a 2nd airport for Chennai & Parandur was found the best considering various factors! It’s literally impossible for find 4,000 acres around Chennai without a water body or agri land! ➡️ Lastly the water bodies there at Parandur are man made lakes! The govt has setup a commission & studied its impact! New artificial lakes will be built with diversion water channel to prevent flooding! Any infra project will have its consequences! Mettur Dam was built submerging several villages. Today it’s the lifeline to several TN’s District!! Plz support the project! It’s need of the hour! TN and Chennai deserves a world class airport. Plz keep politics away 🙏🙏

🚨The Marina Beach has a new attraction — the brave war heroes, Centurion battle tanks, which served in the Army from its induction in 1953 till its phase-out in the 1980s... #Chennai #Marina 📸 : @THChennai

Hopeless if this comes to pass. It will take 5 years to get a new site to the same stage (assuming no new protests over LA). BLR and HYD will leave the city far behind.

@Keerthana4VNR ma'am. You went to S.Korea recently. Even for that you had take a connecting flight as Chennai doesn't have one. Korean airports are so good. How do you expect to convince investors to come invest in TN when your capital city has a third class Airport? Speak up!!

More people live in Pannur. There are several industries there. The land is much smaller there. There are HT lines there. Is the Govt asking industries to move out?? Will TN even be a Business friendly state anymore? Don't then complain of companies going to Andhra...🤦‍♂️

What I don't understand is. What's the alternate?? Do they know how long it took to get here?? Centre takes its own time too for approvals. This site had perfect connectivity. Who's even advising the govt? Idhule Chennai- Kanyakumari HSR and highway expansion demand Vera 😒

Wonderful. Tamil Nadu and its pathetic slow pace when it comes to big infrastructure projects. Chennai- Bengaluru expressway will open now in 2027 only. More delays. More the people will suffer!!

🚨Parandur likely to be dropped while a Sipcot will come up there. A GO is expected shortly as per Hindu. Chennai will continue to suffer. Good luck finding a site which has no farms & water bodies. You have already pushed TN/Chennai back @CMOTamilnadu 👎 hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu…

Have always wanted this to happen. TN Govt exploring ways to support the firecracker industry in Sivakasi. Minister Keerthana says a new policy is in works. Says we have to compete with the likes of China in this domain. Let's see 🤞🎇

With Rs 2,200 Crs expansion, Coimbatore airport likely to handle 1.16 cr users by 2037... #Coimbatore #Airport ✈️ dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/wit…

Ban poster! Ban poster! Ban poster! We are already seeing small changes. TN cities deserve better. Impose fines to those sticking & printing them... @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ

No risk of Tata Electronics Hosur plant closure, say Tata Electronics and officials. But clarity sought. Disappointed seeing this from a Tata firm... #Tata #Hosur 📱 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

The Vaigai dam which has not even desilted in 70 years will be desilted in 2 months time. Approvals sought from Central Govt... #Vaigai #TN

🚨Airports in Tamil Nadu : International : 1. Chennai 2. Coimbatore 3. Trichy 4. Madurai Domestic : 5. Salem 6. Thoothukudi Future : 7. Rameshwaram 8. Thanjavur 9. Chennai - 2 (Parandur) ?? 10. Hosur - ?? 11. Vellore - ?? @CMOTamilnadu accelerate Parandur & Hosur

Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra,Telangana,Karnataka,Delhi, and even communist dominated Kerala have built greenfield airports or privatised existing ones for better efficiency. But India's 2nd largest economy of TN hasn't. Tamil Nadu needs a capitalist driven party!

Kerala continues to dump waste in Tamil Nadu!! @CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ @GSBediIAS need stern action plz 🙏🙏

Chennai’s Thirumangalam metro station: Where you can work, shop, dine before boarding train... #Chennai #Metro Ⓜ️🚊 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

One month of the new Govt. Too soon a timeline to judge. But they want to prioritise transparency. Tamsac has been their focus. Urban infra given importance for the first time. One MoU signed with L&T. No major infra announcement yet. Hope they change their stance on Parandur!

Korean based OEM Supplier 🇰🇷Motilink likely to expand it's industrial base in Tamil Nadu/Chennai... #InvestInTN #Automotive

Give them training and send them to Bangalore, Hyderabad & Pune for Jobs as companies don't prefer Chennai for high paying roles. Relax FSI, invite more real estate players for office space, bring in night life. Until then TN will keep exporting talents!! @CMOTamilnadu

Everyone celebrates a new airport in Thanjavur, but when it comes to Parandur, suddenly airports become unnecessary, anti-farmer, anti-environment, and anti-everything. Every developed region built infrastructure ahead of demand. TN cannot aspire to be a trillion-dollar economy while opposing every airport, expressway, port, and industrial corridor. The Delta needs Thanjavur Airport just as Chennai needs Parandur.