India, July 21 -- In a major push for the long-delayed Purandar international airport project, the Pune district administration has announced that farmers who voluntarily give up their land will be allotted developed plots equivalent to 10% of their total surrendered land. These plots will be located in a planned 'AeroCity' near the proposed airport and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Around 700 acres have been earmarked near the airport site for this purpose, the district administration said.

The revised compensation package was finalised at a high-level meeting held in Mumbai last week. Under the new framework, farmers who consent to the land acquisition will receive four times the market value of their land, in addit...