The Government of Maharashtra is backing a move to convert the defunct Juhu Airport into a commercial airport for ATRs and private planes. This is only a ruse by a private developer to grab 385 acres of public space for commercial exploitation. This space has been reserved 40 years ago in the City's Development Plan for a sports complex, a sports institute, a public park, two very important and critical connecting roads and other public amenities. The Airport Authority of India in collusion with a large developer hopes to convert public land worth thousands of crores of rupees at today's market value, for private gain. The ONLY losers will be the Citizen of Mumbai who will be deprived of much needed public amenities. The other major loss will be Juhu Beach a 3.75 km stretch of long beach that will be destroyed! Please join us in our endeavour to save Juhu Beach and vital public space from the clutches of vested interests.

1. No
Citizen’s Objections to the
Proposed Commercial
Airport at Juhu
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2. History
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3. 1928 India’s first
Civil Aviation Airport
built at Juhu
Moved to Santacruz in 1948
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4. JAL Plane Crash lands
at Juhu ,1972
1953 BOAC
1968 Garuda Airlines
Too Crash landed at
Juhu
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5. Currently used for
Helicopters & Flying Club
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6. AAI
Proposal
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7. To Develop Juhu Airport
to accommodate
20ATRs and Private Jets
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8. Construct Runway 650 mtrs
into the Sea on stilts
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9. Major
Citizen’s
Concerns
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10. Safety
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11. Runway ends 300 m
from 500-bed
Nanavati Hospital
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12. More than 60,000 slumdwellers live on Juhu airport
land
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13. More than 10,000 tourists visit
Juhu Beach daily
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14. Over 15,000 students study in
schools and colleges around the
airport
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15. Take off point just 700m
from Bandra-Versova Sea
link
Runway
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16. Many tall buildings in the area
approved by AAAI
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17. Environme
nt
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18. Raising the airport will worsen
flooding in flood-prone JVPD
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19. Natural lake
will be destroyed
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20. 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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21. Will destroy iconic
Juhu Beach
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22. Quality of
Life
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23. Traffic congestion in area
unbearable presently will
heighten pollution
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24. Residents will be robbed of
Green Lung, sports facilities,
roads
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25. Public land
being used
for private
interests
and
commercial
gain
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26. Alternatives
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27. Experts opine that a parallel
runway can be built at
Santacruz
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28. Fast track development of Panvel
airport as “national priority”
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29. Our
Demands
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30. 1. Ensure Safety of local
residents
2. Save iconic Juhu Beach
3. Implement Development
Plan
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