Kolkata airport revamp on anvil

Kolkata: Work for the modernisation of NSC Bose airport will be kicked off from January, 2008 even though the state government and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) were still examining the availability of land for the construction of a third runway, a part of the modernisation plans.
The union secretary for civil aviation, Mr Ashok Chawla today discussed the modernisation of the NSC Bose airport with the chief minister and chief secretary. The existing airport terminal will be upgraded and modernised to handle passenger traffic four times its present volume. According to Mr Chawla, the existing terminal building, after being modernised will handle 20 million passenger traffic per year, 16 million domestic and another 4 million international passengers.
A total of Rs 1500 crore is the estimated cost of the modernising the airport of which Rs 1100 crore will be alone spent on the terminal building, designed by a french firm.
22/06/06 The Statesman

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