India, June 23 -- In a move aimed at speeding up land acquisition for the proposed Purandar international airport, Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi has decided to hold weekly grievance hearings at the Saswad sub-divisional office (SDO) every Monday to resolve pending compensation and documentation issues faced by the affected farmers.

Dudi spent Monday, June 22, at the SDO where hundreds of villagers from seven affected villages including Kumbharvalan, Vanpuri, Khanawadi and Pargaon had gathered to raise concerns related to land ownership disputes, succession entries, no-objection certificates (NOCs), rehabilitation, and compensation delays.

Addressing the villagers, Dudi said that the administration is getting a positive response ...