DGCA nod for rooftop helipad

New Delhi: The first rooftop helipad in the National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR) is set to be constructed at Dr Naresh Trehan’s Medicity in Gurgaon. “We have lined up an investment of Rs 200- Rs 250 crore for air services, including a helipad on the rooftop, which would be the first of its kind in India. It would allow rapid transport of critical patients, through domestic and international air operations...,” Dr Trehan told ET.
The air-service investment will be separate from the $250 million (over Rs 1,000 crore) investment envisaged for Medicity. Sources said that Medicity has already engaged a French company to construct the helipad, and meet the civil and structural requirements in the building as per the mandatory ‘operational manuals’ of the director general of civil aviation (DGCA).
Meanwhile, the company has already got all regulatory approvals to make the rooftop helipad from DGCA. The proposed air service fleet will initially operate through two Augustus-119 helicopters, one turbojet and a small private jet.
22/08/07 Chanchal Pal Chauhan & Khomba Singh/Economic Times

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