AAI doesn't own 45% of Mumbai airport land

Mumbai: When Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) took over Mumbai airport from the Airports Authority of India in May this year, little did it realise that AAI did not own 800 of the 1,800 acres that it claimed belonged to it. A survey conducted by the state government for MIAL has revealed that of the 150 property cards, AAI's name does not figure in as many as 41. A property card provides proof of ownership.
"Land records for huge tracts were never updated and still show the 800 acres as agricultural land. The column which indicates the owner of the land is blank," B D Deshmukh, the superintendent of land records, Mumbai suburban district, told TOI on Tuesday.
Sources in AAI said surveys were never done in the operational areas of the airport, and that was why the property cards could have been left blank.
01/11/06 Yogesh Naik/Times of India

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