Villagers oppose proposal to set up new airport, hold protests

Villagers of Ekanapuram and other neighbouring localities in Kancheepuram district on Sunday staged a protest against the proposal to set up a new greenfield airport in Parandur.

The protest by the people comes a day after the government clarified that it would award them with over and above the market value of the land that would be acquired for the project.

On Sunday morning, residents, holding black flags and placards, staged a protest against the government’s decision to construct the new airport and raised slogans. One of the placards read “Vendam, Vendam, Vimana Nilayam Vendam (no need, no need…we do not need an airport).”