{
  "id": 2993160,
  "title": "Parandur airport in Chennai scrapped by CM Vijay: What was the project?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/parandur-airport-in-chennai-scrapped-by-cm-vijay-what-was-the-project",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T09:55:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/parandur-airport-in-chennai-dropped-what-is-it-location/article71383742.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "CM Vijay has said that a new terminal, Terminal 5, would be developed in the north-western area of Chennai airport. Local villagers and farmers in Parandur had been protesting against the airport since 2022.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "TN govt scraps Parandur airport project, eyes new site; Chennai to get 5th terminal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/tn-govt-scraps-parandur-airport-project-eyes-new-site-chennai-to-get",
        "published": "2026-08-24T04:25:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Farmers, water bodies: Why has CM Vijay dropped 2nd Chennai airport plan, for now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/farmers-water-bodies-why-has-cm-vijay-dropped-2nd-chennai-airport",
        "published": "2026-08-24T06:29:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Dropping Parandur airport project an irreversible setback for Tamil Nadu: M.K. Stalin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/dropping-parandur-airport-project-an-irreversible-setback-for-tamil",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:29:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "In scrapping Parandur airport, Vijay keeps promise that defined his first political protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/in-scrapping-parandur-airport-vijay-keeps-promise-that-defined-his",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:33:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}