Rs 2,000 cr makeover for Kolkata airport

Kolkata: Kolkata airport is headed for Rs 2,000 crore makeover by 2010. Though there is no private participation, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel assured that the airport would not be inferior in any way to Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
A new airport at Andal near Durgapur also got the ministry's nod. Work on the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is expected to begin in January next year.
The airport, which currently handles five million passengers, will be able to cater to 20 million by 2010 and eventually 60 million.
"Kolkata airport will be the hub for the entire eastern and north eastern region and the government of India is committed for building up the traffic from Kolkata within the country as well as overseas," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. While a greenfield airport near Kolkata seems to be shelved, Rs 10,000 crore township near Durgapur has been sanctioned. There will be private participation in the project which includes an airport over 2,300 acres. Land acquisition has already begun.
08/09/07 Monideepa Banerjie/NDTV.com

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