Chennai: About 3,000 acres of land, including 800 acres owned by the government, in 12 villages in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district are likely to be acquired for the building of an airport in Hosur, the rapidly growing industrial city located very close to Bengaluru.

The move comes after the state government chose the Hosur-Berigai-Bagalur-Shoolagiri quadrilateral to house the airport, being planned to handle about 3 crore passengers annually.

The government last month floated a tender to select a consultant to prepare a Detailed Techno-Economic Report (DTER) for developing the airport, besides approaching the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for site clearance.

A detailed Land Development Plan (LDP) derived by the Krishnagiri district administration has estimated that the government-owne

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