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JuhuAirport

Citizen’s Objections to the Proposed Commercial Airport at Juhu

No

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History

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1928 India’s firstCivil Aviation Airportbuilt at Juhu

Moved to Santacruz in 1948

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JAL Plane Crash landsat Juhu ,1972

1953 BOAC 1968 Garuda Airlines Too Crash landed at Juhu

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Currently used for Helicopters & Flying Club

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AAIProposal

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To Develop Juhu Airport to accommodate 20ATRs and Private Jets

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Construct Runway 650 mtrs into the Sea on stilts

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3MajorCitizen’sConcerns

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Safety

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Runway ends 300 m from 500-bed Nanavati Hospital

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More than 60,000 slum-dwellers live on Juhu airport land

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More than 10,000 tourists visit Juhu Beach daily

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Over 15,000 students study in schools and colleges around the airport

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Take off point just 700m from Bandra-Versova Sea link

Runway

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Many tall buildings in the area approved by AAAI

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Environment

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Raising the airport will worsen flooding in flood-prone JVPD

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Natural lakewill be destroyed

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Will permanently destroy suburban Green Lung proposed for 40 years

“ I had requested Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel to develop Juhu Airport as a green lung and not as real estate given that the second airport will be coming up soon in Navi Mumbai.”-Jairam Ramesh, TOI Jan 9, 2011

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Will destroy iconicJuhu Beach

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Quality of Life

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Traffic congestion in areaunbearable presently willheighten pollution

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Residents will be robbed of Green Lung, sports facilities, roads

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Public land being used for private interests and commercial gain

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Alternatives

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Experts opine that a parallel runway can be built at Santacruz

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Fast track development of Panvel airport as “national priority”

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Our Demands

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1. Ensure Safety of local

residents

2. Save iconic Juhu Beach

3. Implement

Development Plan

4. Give Mumbai a Green

Lung

5. Fast track Panvel

Airport