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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
