India, June 9 -- More than 60 per cent of the nearly 3,000 acres of land has been acquired for the proposed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje International Airport at Purandar as farmers have submitted consent affidavits for 1,837 acres. The Pune district administration has already disbursed around Rs.900 crore in compensation to landowners and June 10 is the final date for farmers to submit consent affidavits for the acquisition process, officials said.

The land acquisition process began on May 7 across seven villages in Purandar taluka, where a total of 1,216 hectares (around 3,000 acres) has been earmarked for the airport project.

Jitendra Dudi, Pune district collector, said, "The response from farmers has been encouraging, with consent affi...