Airport authorities begin process for ILS installation at Lohegaon

Pune: The Airports Authority of India (AAI), Pune, has started the process for the installation of a sophisticated Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the city's Lohegaon airport.
On Wednesday, the AAI released a notice inviting tenders for the Rs 2.24 crore electrical engineering works that are meant for operationalising the ILS. Imported category I (CAT-I) level ILS equipment has already been acquired by the AAI for this purpose.
"The tenders are to be issued between February 16 and 18 and will be received till 3 pm on March 3. They will be opened the same day at 3.30 pm," a senior official from AAI's engineering (electrical) department told TOI. "The project is to be completed three months after the work is handed over," he added.
"Among other things, the work involves laying of power cables, LT panels, stabilizers and advanced lightning protection system," he said.
The process notwithstanding, it may take some time for the ILS to actually go operational, considering that the location where the equipment is to be placed, is not yet finalized.
"There are certain pre-defined technical requirements, which are needed to be met to finalise the ILS site," said Pune airport director G Chandramouli. "We want to do it (ILS installation) before the monsoon," he added. "Our (AAI) corporate headquarters and the Indian Air Force (IAF) are coordinating the process to finalise the site," Chandramouli said.
28/01/09 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India

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