Parandur, a sleepy village near Sriperumbudur in Kanchipuram district, will house Chennai city’s second airport after Tamil Nadu shortlisted the location for development of a greenfield facility.
The Tamil Nadu government’s preference for Parandur, 70 km from the state capital, over Pannur off the Chennai-Bengaluru highway was conveyed to the Union Government during a meeting between Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and state Industries Minister Thangam Thenarasu last week.
Though the state government hasn’t made any formal announcement, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (retired) V K Singh on Monday told DMK Rajya Sabha MP, Kanimozhi N V N Somu, in a written answer that the greenfield airport will come up at Parandur.
