The President and functionaries of Coimbatore Consumer and Multi Service Organization met Chief Minister Edapadi K. Palanisamy at Chennai and submitted a petition praying to expedite the Coimbatore City Airport expansion project.
The snail pace work of expansion of the Coimbatore International Airport has been causing huge trade losses for the industries especially small and medium scale enterprises who are forced to depend on Kochi and Bangalore airports for transiting cargo.
The situation is such that, only if the land procurement process is completed the expansion works commence. However, the landowners alleging government of 'unfair' settlement price and the government officials alleging lack of co-operation by the landowners has been going on and on, delaying the project to the core.
Hence, the President of the Coimbatore Consumer and Multi Service forum, NTN. Parthasarathy and other functionaries requested the Chief Minister to expedite the land procurement process and commence the expansion project at the earliest.