IGI mess to last till March

New Delhi: According to IGI Airport officials, renovation and modernisation work at the international terminal is on in full swing and should be complete in four to five months, though they are facing a stiff challenge thanks to poor maintenance by the earlier management, they say.
But till then, most airlines are also complaining that their operations are being severely hampered due to reduced space for operations.
As and when certain segments are taken up for work, immigration and custom areas will also be reduced for short whiles. The transit area space has also been reduced so that, allege airlines, when there are delays or several flights being handled at the same time, like during the fog, there will be no place to even sit.
However, DIAL officials say that such changes are inevitable, especially since work at such a large scale is being taken up.
Major portions of the airport have false ceilings made of mineral fibre panels. The panels, with their paper-like quality, tend to absorb water and then crumble under the effect. When water from overhead pipes leak onto these panels, they collapse, the recent accidents at the airport being a case in point.
25/11/07 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007