India, March 18 -- Days after the Maharashtra government issued a notification for acquiring land from seven villages in Purandar tehsil for the proposed Purandar International Airport, opposition to the project has intensified on the ground.

Residents of Pargaon, the village contributing the highest land area for the project, have begun mobilising against land acquisition. A special gram sabha (village meeting) has been scheduled for March 21 to discuss the villagers' next course of action.

A notice issued by the sarpanch and gramsevak on Monday states: "A special gram sabha of gram panchayat Pargaon will be held on Friday, March 21, at 9am at the Bhairavnath Sabha Mandap in front of the gram panchayat office under the chairmanship of ...