Land acquisition is under progress by Government of Tamil Nadu. Till date, acquisition of land to an extent of 1946.44 acres (out of 2376 acres) is completed by Government of Tamil Nadu and the same is taken over by Department of Space,” as revealed in lower house of Parliament of India.
In a written reply, Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned that a total of Rs 980.56 crore (approx $118 million) has been sanctioned for the ‘Acquisition of Land and establishment of space launch centre infrastructure at Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu’. Of this sum, Rs.210.20 crore (approx $25 million) has been remitted to the Government of Tamil Nadu towards land acquisition, read the minister’s response. It was also added that the construction activity would commence only after the entire land acquisition process is completed.
