Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Slum dwellers protest against Mumbai Airport expansion Goto page Previous  1, 2          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Civil Aviation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:11 am    Post subject: The Development work at the Domestic terminal has stopped since last few days.Is this related. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top Birendra Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:53 pm    Post subject: HAWK21M wrote: The Development work at the Domestic terminal has stopped since last few days.Is this related. regds MEL What kind of work was/has been going on at the domestic terminal.... Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:53 am    Post subject: The Area accross the Terminal 1B is being levelled & expanded to the Road near 1A.soon the Domestic cargo section will be demolished to facilatate an interconnection transit lounge between 1A & 1B. regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top Birendra Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:47 am    Post subject: Just read in a leading daily newspaper published from Bombay that some 200 new shanties have come up in the airport land. Funny. What id CSIAL waiting for or are they planning to give them electricity from the runway lighting and water which comes from tankers already. Back to top Akshay Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:53 pm    Post subject: I read in a newspaper that a builder has proposed Slum rehabilitation buildings on airport land without any permission or knowledge of MMRDA or the Airport authorities. Talk about humanity .......... _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. Back to top the_380 Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:16 am    Post subject: Akshay wrote: Talk about humanity .......... You mean more illegal constructions on the airport land ? _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:54 am    Post subject: Snapped by a friend of mine (c) FOHPD Doesnt get beautiful If asked to vote the worst approaches in the world on basis of surrounding envt.. Its gotta be BOM.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:00 am    Post subject: That's ridiculous. Back to top the_380 Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:30 pm    Post subject: (ironically) Wow what a beautiful airport !!!! Talk about humanity _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! Back to top Akshay Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:58 pm    Post subject: Every time an effort is made to remove the slums, the work stops in some hours due to our babus _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:16 pm    Post subject: Last time it was due to Kripashankar Singh.. Goodness! I dont want the airport to be shifted like some 30-40 kms out of the city like here in BLR.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top VABBy Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 823 Location: DEL Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:56 pm    Post subject: why not if its a smooth drive thru an expressway where u cars can zip in at 100KMPH . U can reach the place in 30-40 mins _________________ Expeditors- You'd be surprised how far we will go for you www.expeditors.com Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:30 pm    Post subject: What are you talking about? :p in BOM? Well ya thats how it was in Muscat. We could touch 125! Out here in India and esp in BOM? Gd luck.. + Not to mention all the money they will collect as toll.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top Akshay Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:51 pm    Post subject: VABBy wrote: why not if its a smooth drive thru an expressway where u cars can zip in at 100KMPH . U can reach the place in 30-40 mins Dear VABBy, It is nice of you to say "zip in at 100 kmph" etc sitting in DEL. I invite you to come here in the evening after 7:00 and see the situation on western express highway. It takes more than one and half hours to cover the 15 odd kilometers between borivali and the airport. Forget 100 kmph, even 50 kmph is a great achievement on these roads. _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. Back to top G-BYGB Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:35 pm    Post subject: victor2alpha wrote: Last time it was due to Kripashankar Singh.. Goodness! I dont want the airport to be shifted like some 30-40 kms out of the city like here in BLR.. Well if you look at any major Int'l apts around the world,most of them are located far away from the city.To cover the time they are connected by superfast metro rail that can take you to the apt within half an hour or 45mins.It'll also be good from the environment point of view. The best example would be KLIA which is 25-30 kms far away from the main city and it is connected by KLIA express. So its imperative that Mumbai has a new apt far away from the city and which does not have land dispute.Mainly at Navi Mumbai. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos Last edited by G-BYGB on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:02 am; edited 3 times in total Back to top G-BYGB Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:40 pm    Post subject: The previous Govts should have thought about the airport expansion that time itself before they had allowed poor people to build huts near the arpt.Now it is too late for the Govt to suddenly ask them to leave without providing rehabilitation. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos Back to top tayaramecanici Member Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 648 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:08 am    Post subject: Quote: The best example would be KLIA which is 25-30 kms far away from the main city and it is connected by KLIA express.LHR is another example. LHR is connected by Heathrow Exp but the airport is slap bang in the middle of the city. Back to top stealthpilot Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: BLR, DXB Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:12 am    Post subject: tayaramecanici wrote: LHR is connected by Heathrow Exp but the airport is slap bang in the middle of the city. I wouldn’t say its slap bang in the middle of the city at all. Unless you take the Heathrow Express (about 20 mins) it takes you twice that long to get to Heathrow. All the airport terminals are in zone 6, from Piccadilly Circus it can take you 40-45 mins by the normal underground. _________________ eP007 Back to top Akshay Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:35 am    Post subject: Hello, Today there is one full page in HT, Mumbai devoted to the issue of slums around airport. First some facts about the slums: Quote: There are 80000 slums sitting on 220 acres of encroached airport land. According to rough details given by MIAL, 220 acres of land is required for the expansion of airport. Some official of passengers association said: Quote: We are running short of time. If the hutments are not removed quickly, the city will have a tough time handling air traffic. MIAL official said: Quote: We need the encroached area to build a 2 tired aero bridge, hangar, taxiways, cargo terminals, etc. These developments are extremely essential to touch the global standards. He also said that new taxiways would help optimum usage of runway 14/32. Here is what one extremely learned MLA from Kurla has to say (there are 20000 slums in his constituency). He has been successful in preventing hte demolition for one decade now. This learned MLA has also managed to convince the slum dwellers, that they are being evicted for construction of Malls & hotels. Not an airport. . He also claims that not a single slum has come up since 1999 So here is what the respected person has to say Quote: I am not against development. All I want is that the slumdwellers get their due. MIAL does not have a concrete plan for the revamp. Even if they do, they are not willing to reveal it. The labourers are daily wage workers nearby & hence should be rehabilated here. If the people are rehabilitated at the same place then where should the airport go?? And finally here is what the secratary of the Slum dwellers' mahasangh has to say: Quote: We want to see the master plan to make sure that we are not being evicted for construction of malls and hotels. But the government is not ready to divulge details. Now thi is like 'Ulta chor Kotwal ko dante" What problem do they have against the airport?? Mark my words, this project will be delayed by more than 3-4 years. OT: Even if malls are constructed on the land, what right do slum dewllers have to question the decision? They do not own the land, do they? _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. Back to top the_380 Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:58 pm    Post subject: Nice effort for typing it here Akshay... but eventually i think they'll end up rehabilitating the airport _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! Back to top andrew Member Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 212 Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:42 pm    Post subject: I agree 380, My bet is that they will give up on moving the slums (it would seem they already have) and instead proceed rapidly with the Navi Mumbai airport (which all indications point towards). As a face saver, I reckon they will then offer the new airport (post a kangaroo Court bidding process) to the new operators of CSIA, given that there is little they can do at the present airport. There does not seem to be any will within the MH Govt at the moment and elections are approaching (state + Federal). Slum rehab, I seriously doubt it. Its BOM airport that will be rehabilitated instead of the slums.... Back to top Akshay Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:34 am    Post subject: In 15 days we will storm the airport Taken from Hindustan times, May 5th Quote: The slum dwellers have given the state 15 days to decide on the rehabilitation issue or else face protests. "we are asking international airlines to stop flying to mumbai until the state comes clean on the issue. Or else we will disrupt the airport's operations on the 16th day." Politicians got elected due to slum dwellers but now they are doing nothing for them. At one time govt said the cut off date was 1995 now they say 2000. If we promise 100 % votes they will also extend it to 2010 ." Now WTF is this?? One, they do not own the land. Two, they are given free houses even when they do not pay a single penny of Tax (by this logic, taxpayers should be given 5 star bunglows). Then what is their problem wgainst the airport?? Humanity experts on this forum, please comment _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. Back to top the_380 Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:49 am    Post subject: Talk about humanity... Bloody hell these people are talking as if the airport lands was owned by their father Or maybe as if they pay crores of Rs. as taxes to the govt The govt is totally INCAPABLE, USELESS and GOOD FOR NOTHING... since it cannot handle rehabilitation matters, what else can we expect from them ? At times i really feel dictatorship is needed and these supporting ministers must be HANGED TO DEATH. _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! 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