Blaming Dmk in the same line of Admk, Pmk, NTK, TVK is misleading and covering the mistake of other parties.
Dmk proposed Sriperumbudur airport in 2008 itself, had they returned to power in 2011 they would ve built 2nd airport in Sriperumbudur. Instead people voted for that corrupt criminal Jayalalitha and wasted 10yrs.
Now for Parandur, Dmk got AAI approval, completed 70% LA. Had Dmk returned to power in 2026, Parandur would ve been operational by 203. Vijay in one announcement scrapped years of paper work and is searching for a new site.
Fact is no other party apart from Dmk showed commitment to build 2nd airport for Chennai.
🚨 Chennai Aviation: From 14th to a Cowshed
🔸 In 2007, Chennai was growing faster than Delhi — ranked 14th globally, while Delhi stood at 25th.
AAI, AIADMK, PMK, DMK and NTK destroyed Chennai’s aviation potential.
TVK then took a sledgehammer to Chennai’s aviation future — scrapping Parandur and smashing the one serious second-airport plan that had finally moved forward.
🔸 By 2007–08, Chennai Airport was already handling 10.66 million passengers against a rated capacity of just 9 million.
🔸 Yet, nearly two decades later, we are still discussing expanding the existing airport to solve yesterday’s problems — instead of planning for tomorrow’s growth.