The Purandar airport project in Pune has moved closer to compulsory land acquisition after the district administration ended the consent window for farmers on October 10 without granting an extension. Landowners who have not consented to the acquisition could now face compulsory acquisition proceedings, according to officials cited by Punekar News.
The proposed Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje International Airport requires approximately 1,216 hectares in Purandar taluka. The land acquisition area covers seven villages: Vanpuri, Kumbharvalan, Ekhatpur, Khanwadi, Pargaon, Udachiwadi and Munjwadi.
The district administration has secured consent for around 97% of the land required for the project. Consent for the remaining land, estimated at approximately 40 hectares, was still pending when the deadline ended. The administration has ruled out extending the consent period further.
The decision places the unresolved land parcels within a compulsory acquisition process rather than another round of voluntary consent. The available report does not provide details of the compensation terms, rehabilitation arrangements, the number of affected landowners or the precise procedure and timeline for the next stage.
Land acquisition has been a central implementation issue for the proposed airport because the project depends on assembling a large, contiguous land parcel across multiple villages. The latest administrative decision indicates that most of the required land has been secured through consent, while a smaller portion remains unresolved.
The airport is intended to serve the Pune region, but the current development milestone concerns land assembly rather than construction or airport operations. The supplied report does not state when compulsory acquisition notices will be issued, whether affected owners can challenge the process, or when physical work on the airport site is expected to begin.
The immediate next step is the commencement of compulsory acquisition for land whose owners did not provide consent by the October 10 deadline. Further details on notices, compensation and the implementation schedule will determine how the remaining land is brought into the project.
