India, March 22 -- The gram sabha of Pargaon Village in Purandar Taluka on Friday passed a resolution to not give land for the proposed Purandar International Airport project. Around 150 villagers supported the decision taken at the meeting.

Earlier, the notice issued by the sarpanch and gramsevak on Monday called for a special gram sabha at the Bhairavnath Sabha Mandap in front of the gram panchayat office under the chairmanship of the sarpanch at 9am on March 21.

The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is overseeing the acquisition of 2,753 hectares across seven villages- Vanpuri, Udachiwadi, Kumbharvalan, Ekhatpur, Munjavadi, Khanavdi and Pargaon. Pargaon has the largest share, with 1,605 land survey numbers coverin...