Modernisation of airport delayed

Kolkata: While the senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials remain hopeful about the airport modernisation project being completed by 2010, the organisation, which has bagged the tender, is yet to begin work on the project. AAI had completed the tendering process and issued work orders to the Thai-Indian consortium ITD-ITD CEM for modernisation of the airport earlier this year.
Whether or not the project will be completed within the stipulated period, the delay will certainly cause an estimated cost escalation of several hundred crores to the Rs 1,942.52 crore modernisation project. Incidentally, the first phase of the three-phased modernisation project of the NSC Bose Airport was scheduled to begin earlier this year.
Speaking at a programme organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce on “Modernisation of Kolkata Airport”, Mr SPS Bakshi, executive director (project), AAI, said: “We had floated a tender and issued work orders in October this year. Work was supposed to start in November but presently they are mobilising their resources.”
The civil aviation ministry had in August 2007 approved the detailed project report furnished by the AAI.
28/11/08 The Statesman

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Categories: Airports Nov 2008