T3 beats deadline, aviation ministry throws a party

New Delhi: The capital will witness the first-of-its-kind 'thanksgiving' party for a rare event — a Commonwealth Games project getting ready before the event in the face of massive hurdles. The aviation ministry has invited the country's top 22 bureaucrats including the cabinet secretary and secretaries of ministries of home, revenue, defence, external affairs, surface transport and the intelligence bureau chief to IGI Airport's new terminal (T3) as it has been completed with more than a little help from all of them and is now ready for a July 3 inauguration.
Aviation secretary M Nambiar, who has overseen the project and ensured coordination with scores of other government agencies along with DGCA chief Nasim Zaidi's sharp eye on operational aspects, will showcase T3 to the top bureaucrats. According to relieved ministry officials, the GMR-led Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) implemented the Rs 12,000-crore project in just 37 months while a project of this size and scale usually takes 60-70 months.
A number of issues, though, are yet to be sorted out. The Delhi government's promise of uninterrupted
power and water supply along with sewerage and drainage by providing the required infrastructure is still to be fulfilled.
08/06/10 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010