Farmers from Parandur meet Tamil Nadu CM Vijay, thank him for scrapping airport project
Farmers from the Parandur region met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to thank him for canceling the controversial Parandur Greenfield Airport project. The project was scrapped due to concerns over the destruction of agricultural land, wetlands, and historical sites.
Why it matters
The cancellation represents a significant victory for local environmental and agrarian advocacy groups against large-scale infrastructure development.
Members of the Parandur Greenfield Airport Opposition Joint Movement on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Secretariat in Chennai and thanked him for announcing in the Assembly the government’s decision to drop the Parandur Greenfield Airport project.
G. Subramanian, president; S.T. Kadhiresan, secretary; and other members of the movement met Mr. Vijay and Ministers N. Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R. Nirmalkumar, and K. Thennarasu. Speaking to reporters after meeting the Chief Minister, Mr. Subramanian said the villagers had been protesting for the past five years against the Parandur Greenfield Airport project.
“We had explained to the [then] Chief Minister [M.K. Stalin] and officials during the previous DMK regime, with documents, that the geographical conditions were not suitable for the project. Despite that, they went ahead with land acquisition for the project,” he said.
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