BIAL will only make some cosmetic changes

Bangalore: According to official sources, the BIAL has refused to make any major changes in the existing airport building to make it look attractive and upgrade the aesthetics to international standard.
“The BIAL has informed the Government that it is not feasible to re-work on the existing design. Nothing much can be done now as far as the look of the building is concerned,” sources said.
Faced with criticism over, among others, poor designing of the airport building, the State Infrastructure Development (ID) department had recently got a new design done from a private consultant firm. The department had directed the BIAL to incorporate changes in the structure as per the new design and to improve the aesthetics.
However, the BIAL replied that it is not feasible. It has only agreed to do landscaping in the vacant plot adjacent to the terminal building and put up replicas showcasing the Karnataka culture.
BIAL is a consortium that includes Siemens Project Ventures, Larsen and Toubro Ltd, India’s largest engineering company, and Unique Zurich Airport, which operates the international airport at Zurich, Switzerland. Airports Authority of India and the Karnataka Government hold 13 per cent equity in the project. An estimated Rs 2,470 crore has been spent on the project.
25/12/09 P M Raghunandan/Deccan Herald

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Categories: Airports Dec 2009