Tamil Nadu Drops Parandur Airport Project, Vijay Says "I Stand With Protesters"
"We are dropping Parandur airport. I stand firm with the protesters against the proposed airport," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay said
On Monday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced that Chennai's proposed second airport at Parandur would be dropped. The site, located in Kancheepuram district about 68.5 km from downtown Chennai, was first announced in August 2022 by the previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government led by M K Stalin. The decision was met with widespread protests from villagers and farmers residing in and around the proposed site, who argued that the project would lead to the displacement of entire villages and the destruction of agricultural lands.
In January 2025, Vijay had made his first major protest against the then incumbent DMK government, siding with the residents and demanding that the airport site be relocated elsewhere. Despite these concerns, Vijay maintained that there was a need for a second airport to support Chennai's growing passenger and cargo traffic, as well as to facilitate the city's emergence as a major global manufacturing hub.
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