Pozhichalur residents seek political support to protest against airport expansion

Tambaram: Residents of Pozhichalur and nearby areas, who have been protesting the land acquisition scheme for the proposed Chennai airport modernisation, will be meeting top leaders of political parties in the State seeking support.
Representatives of political parties and the associations pledged to continue their struggle against the land acquisition and the silence of the authorities, both Central and State, on the project. Sticking to their stand on Sunday, the speakers and participants agreed that expansion and modernisation was needed, but reiterated that this should be carried out in vacant areas earmarked in the original plan prepared by the State government, where there was no mention of Pozhichalur, Anakaputhur, Pammal or even land coming under the St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board.
29/11/06 The Hindu

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