CHENNAI, July 22 -- The Centre was yet to receive a formal request from the Tamil Nadu government to change the proposed site for the establishment of a new greenfield airport at Parandur in Kancheepuram district, DMK MP P Wilson said.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam spokesperson M Sathya Kumar responded saying his party would take a call at the appropriate time following the due process for the ambitious project.

On August 2, 2022, the then chief minister M K Stalin announced that a second airport for the city would come up at Parandur about 60km from west of Chennai, at an estimated Rs.20,000 crore with an annual capacity of 10 crore passengers.

Responding to a query put forth by Wilson in the Parliament, union minister of state in the mini...