New formula: Further south,less land

A senior state government official who is involved in the exercise admitted that they did not have land to the south of the project equivalent to the estimated 400 hectares that may have to be given up in the north. The 400 hectares included 150 hectares earmarked for open spaces for further expansion and transport facilities. However,with the state having only about 220 hectares of land in its possession in the south,the plan to earmark land for expansion and transport may have to be given up and the remaining land required for commercial purposes be acquired, he said.

The official suggested that it was possible for the commercial development on the southern end to go vertical and accommodate the proposed commercial projects.