India, June 17 -- Funds for acquisition of 35 acres of land for expansion of the Pune Airport runway will be jointly raised by the state government and local bodies including the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporations (PMC and PCMC) and Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA).

Minister of state (MoS) for civil aviation and cooperation Murlidhar Mohol on Sunday reviewed various pending works and issues at the Pune Airport and said that 60% of the finance will come from the state government, 20% from the PMC, and 10% each from the PCMC and PMRDA.

"We want to acquire around 35 acres of private land for the runway extension project for which the other process has almost been completed. Now the remuneration for this ...