The government is making sincere efforts to make Parandur, which is around 15 km northeast of
the well-known Hindu pilgrimage city Kanchipuram, the new greenfield airport for Chennai.
The new airport is expected to cost Rs 20,000 crore and have a capacity of 100 million passengers annually.
However, 13 villages in the Kanchipuram district, including Parandur, Ekanapuram, and
Gunagarambakkam, promised to oppose the construction of an international airport there.
A group of Ministers informed farmers in Kancheepuram district, who are opposed to the project,
on Tuesday (20 December), that an expert committee would investigate the geological and
hydrological aspects of lands in and around Parandur near Chennai, where a greenfield airport is
intended to be built.
