Tamil Nadu scraps plans for greenfield airport in Parandur, risks falling a decade behind rival aviation hubs
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- ✓Tamil Nadu scrapped plans for the Parandur greenfield airport to keep a campaign promise.
- ✓Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay said, "I am not against the project.
- ✓What I am opposing is building an airport by destroying farmland." This decision leaves the state behind rival aviation hubs for a decade.
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- Economic Times
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- India Economy
Tamil Nadu, a $400 billion-plus economy with more than 10% annual growth, lacks an airport that matches its economic scale. Chennai's Meenambakkam airport handled 23 million passengers in FY26, well below Bengaluru and Hyderabad, while the state's other airports also lack the capacity to meet growing demand.
The state with the second highest GSDP in the country at over $400 billion. An annual growth rate topping 10%. A region where growth is distributed and not concentrated in one geography. Human Development Index scores that recognise it as the second best performing state in India, with high enrolment ratio and high life expectancy.
Tamil Nadu clearly has a lot going for it.
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