Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Airport expansion: CM hits out at rivals

In a sharp reaction to media reports, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday castigated his political rivals for the delay in the Chennai Airport expansion plan and asserted that the scheme was not 'entangled' because of some private individuals.

In a statement, referring to a report on airport expansion delay that appeared in a Tamil daily, Karunanidhi said there was not even an iota of truth in it.
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The news item had alleged that the airport plan was being help up as the lands where the expansion has been proposed was owned by 'important' persons.

The Chief Minister explained that some land owners go to court and easily get injunction.In such cases, it becomes an uphill task to go on appeal and get the final verdict.

'This is the true reason for delay and the airport plan is not 'entangled' because of private individuals', the Chief Minister said.

Karunanidhi also regretted that whatever may be the new project, opposition and objection come in one way or the other.

'My desire is that all such projects must be completed speedily without any delay,' he said.Indirectly hitting out at his rivals, Karunanidhi quipped that if other States were able to complete such projects soon, it was because there were 'not many' who wanted to 'block' new plans.

He also referred to the all-party meeting that was held on airport expansion.

http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=5952%20&%20section=7

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