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Note: When the government is asked why it scrapped Parandur, one of the most common responses, apart from “DMK bought land,” is that building a new airport at Parandur would be dangerous because it could make Chennai flood. But they conveniently avoid the engineering part the fact that many of these risks can potentially be mitigated through proper engineering. To no one's surprise, social media yesterday was flooded with these two narratives, convincing people that anyone supporting the airport must be a DMK supporter or a real-estate lobbyist, while the opposition is apparently hopeless here. Look at Navi Mumbai Airport, which opened this year. An entire hill was levelled, swampy land was reclaimed using the debris, and the Ulwe River was diverted to make the project possible,Then why can’t the same engineering solutions be applied in Parandur? 📸: Dravidian Insights

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