Collector inspects Coimbatore airport expansion areas as land owners raise concerns over road works
Coimbatore District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar inspected airport expansion sites following protests from landowners regarding new road construction. Residents fear that proposed compound walls will block access to their remaining properties and are demanding written assurances from authorities.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between infrastructure development and the property rights of local stakeholders in large-scale government projects.
Coimbatore District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar on Monday inspected areas in Irugur village abutting the land acquired for the expansion of Coimbatore International Airport after a section of land owners objected to road works.
The land owners have been objecting to works to construct walls on both sides of a 61-metre approach road, linking the lands acquired for the expansion of the airport to Avinashi Road near Neelambur. The approach road of about 2-km distance will have a 40-metre main road with two service roads of 10.5 meters on both sides.
People with lands on the sides of the approach road have been highlighting that construction of compound walls on both sides will cut access to their properties. The road works were stalled a few days ago following objections from land owners.
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