Even before the intra-ministry spat over the Navi Mumbai airport has settled, the comments made by union ministerof state for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, which is yet to gain environment clearance, have invited voices of discontent from activists and experts.

At a press conference on Saturday in Mumbai, Chavan had given a clean-chit

Vinaya Deshpande

MUMBAI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests' Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) team is visiting the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport site in October.

On Wednesday, the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) made a presentation before the committee in New Delhi.

Mumbai Clearance for the Navi Mumbai airport proposal, if it arrives, will have to wait a while longer as the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests will visit the site and then take a final call.

The EAC met Wednesday in New Delhi where officials of the state government and City Industrial Development Corporataion Limited (CIDCO) presented an environment im

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Praful PatelThe environment ministry

KONGUNADU Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) staged a demonstration opposing the government move to acquire agricultural lands, demolish houses and commercial structures for Peelamedu Airport expansion project, in front of Indian Red Cross Society building here on Monday.

The agitators demanded that the government should give up the land acquisition move.

The Navi Mumbai airport project seemed headed for a fresh round of confrontation on Thursday, with the project developer CIDCO showing reluctance in making changes in the design, as suggested by the Environment Ministry, and the ministry, in turn, expressing unhappiness over its rigid attitude.

CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra) is learnt to have informed the Env

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Afresh row over the Navi Mumbai airport project appears to be brewing with project developer, City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco)

Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has emphasised the inevitability of the proposed site as the only option for the Navi Mumbai airport.