Days before the state government sends the Union Environment Ministry

Much has been made in the media of the apparent contradiction between what United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said about development and environmental concerns.

The Maharashtra Government has agreed to shift the proposed Greenfield Navi Mumbai international airport a little to the south, although this shift of the non-aeronautical components will lead to less land being available for commercial purposes.

The state government had earlier indicated its willingness to sacrifice some area on the eco-sensitive northern part of the proposed airport, and shif

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Less land for commercialisation, consultants say can do without diverting Gadhi

The state government is prepared to shift the proposed Navi Mumbai airport a little to the south, although this would leave less land available for commercial projects such as a hotel.

The shift would involve the non-aeronautical components without a compromise on the aeronautical aspects.

The view from the deck of the three-bedroom apartment does not boast of much except a labyrinth of under-construction buildings which seem to be rocketing skyward. The frenzied construction is in stark contrast to the quiet of the sparsely populated streets outside.

MUMBAI: The state urban development department, City Industrial Development Corporation and Louis Berger, consultants for Navi Mumbai airport, have jointly worked out a formula to construct the international airport without diverting Gadhi river.

Officials of Louis Berger and Cidco held a meeting on Monday in the office of urban development principal secretary T C Benjamin, to work out a formul

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