Extremely sad day for #TamilNadu.
The #ParandurAirport project has been dropped, says the TVK Government.
Years of hard work and intense planning to give #Chennai the dual-runway Greenfield airport it desperately needs have been sacrificed at the altar of politics.
Industry experts understand the stakes.
Investment promotion agencies in neighbouring states will now quietly rejoice, saying: “Tamil Nadu has shot itself in the foot.”
Chennai’s growth and that of Tamil Nadu’s will now face a serious hurdle. We most urgently need a truly world-class international airport capable of handling large aircrafts, with two operational 4,000m+ parallel runways.
I find it extremely difficult to believe that the very officers who worked so hard on this project supported this decision. They know better than most that there is no better alternative option given the environmental and aviation concerns.
The #DMK Government explored every possible option to identify a 5,000+ acre parcel of land around Chennai with the least impact on villages, water bodies, agriculture and existing air traffic. Parandur was ultimately chosen because, after years of technical evaluation, it offered the least overall impact while meeting Chennai’s long-term aviation requirements.
The consequences go far beyond just an airport.
The entire industrial corridor from Poonamallee to Kanchipuram,which accounts for nearly 41% of India’s electronics exports, could have received a massive boost.
Better port connectivity, reliable water infrastructure for industry and direct global air connectivity could have boosted this region and TN into one of the world’s most important manufacturing hubs, creating at least a million new jobs over time.
All of that potential has now been put at risk for what appears to be plain politics.
Our Leader former CM @mkstalin, our LoP @Udhaystalin, the #DMK and I have always maintained that politicising industrial growth comes at a massive cost to the State’s future.
I urge Honourable @CMOTamilnadu@actorvijay to personally speak to senior officers, in private and ask them whether this is truly the right decision.
Do not let politics derail what could be the most important infrastructure project for Tamil Nadu’s future.
If there is genuinely no turning back, then the so-called alternative site must be identified within this year at the latest.
Chennai and Tamil Nadu MUST have a new world-class international airport within the next three years.
Let's hope leaders prefer progress over politics.
Tamil Nadu deserves better.
#InvestInTN #JobsForTN
Many IDs have sent posts of vile trolling and abuse directed at Akka @KanimozhiDMK, Mayor @PriyarajanDMK, @yazhini_pm, @vaishnavi_cbe, members of Thalaivar's family and several other women by opposition supporters, including old sanghi handles and now tvk supporters.
Many have asked why we have not responded in kind.
The answer is simple.
Retaliating with the same toxic methods is not something our Leader @mkstalin or our Ilamthalaivar @Udhaystalin would ever allow or approve of. Nor is it in keeping with the ideological path laid down by Periyar, Anna and Kalaignar.
The @DMKITwing has also consistently urged the @DMKLegalWing to step in and help put an end to this.
We at the #DMK must be the guardians of the values our leaders taught us. Even when we are provoked by small-minded opponents.
We will fight back.
But we will fight back with our principles, our ideology and with dignity.
Not by becoming what we oppose🙏🏾
Dei Suriya FC ivan dhan win nu othukonga da. Kalaila, madhiyam, saindharam, night nu alarm vechi aluvuran. Ivan aluvardhu mattum dhan en TL la vandhu tholayidhu 😭
Karuppu Saami naala oduchu
Lottery oru time thaan adikum
Adutha Padam 100cr kooda thaandathu nu kikibikki pannitu irunthanunga
Karuppu release aagi 100th day la Adutha padam 200crs kuduthutaru 😋
The ONE @Suriya_offl 😏💥
#Karuppu - 340Crs
#VishwanathAndSons - 200Crs (Still running)
#Suriya contributed 540Crs so far at the Box office 🧨
With #VAS final gross & #Suriya47 releasing this year (if gets same level of BO run like Karuppu & VAS), #Suriya gonna almost touch 1000Crs at the Box office this year🥶
100 days of a fairytale journey..! ❤️❤️❤️
Different beliefs, different cultures, different generations, yet #Karuppu lives on etched deep in the hearts of people across the globe.!!!🔥🔥🔥
A generational blockbuster..!!!🎇🎇🎇
Thank you God..! Thank you People.! Couldn’t have asked for a better reception & recognition.!🧿🧿🧿
Godwilling… The journey will continue…💥💥💥
கருப்பா கூட வா….!!! 🙏🙏🙏
@actorsuriya ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Vishwanath & Sons - Second weekend, HOUSEFULL shows 🔥 with families turning up in big numbers !
If #Karuppu was mass, #VAS is pure class. A classy family blockbuster entertainer winning hearts ❤️
@Suriya_offl sir ❤️
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