Ajit Pawar asks admin to explore another site for proposed int’l airport in Pune

A lack of progress in land acquistion for the proposed international airport in Purandar has forced deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar to ask officials to explore the option of another site, which according to him, will be easier for land acquisition.

During the meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday, Pawar, also a guardian minister for Pune, took a review of the progress on proposed airport at Purandar and asked officials to look for another site adjoining the current one in Purandar tehsil of Pune district.

Pune divisional commissioner Saurabh Rao said, “Pawar had called the meeting at Mumbai to discuss about the Purandar international airport. While selecting an existing site for the Purandar airport, the administration identified five more sites.