India, March 18 -- Six-month deadline set for land acquisition, says Pune District Collector

A week after the Maharashtra Industries department notified land from seven villages for the proposed Purandar International Airport, a high-power committee meeting was convened on Monday by Pune divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar to discuss the land acquisition process and other key developments.

At the meeting, it was decided to appoint four land acquisition officers to oversee the acquisition of 2,753 hectares of land across seven villages. Additionally, a private agency will be hired to conduct land measurements for all 3,352 land survey numbers in Purandar taluka. The entire land acquisition process is expected to be completed w...