IGI’s Runway 28 struggling towards completion

New Delhi: After numerous delays, the main runway at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport — 28-10 — which has been undergoing repairs for over five months now, is struggling to get ready for Delhi’s commercial flight movement by October 1.
Sources in the Airports Authority of India said while work on the runway refurbishment project has been in progress on a war footing, it has suffered delays owing to the project coinciding with ongoing work to build a tunnel road under this runway, which would connect West Delhi to Terminal 3 of the airport. Both projects had been identified as Commonwealth Games priority.
“Work on the runway surface is mainly done. There have been delays with the road construction, only after which certain work on the runway could be taken up. The last leg of the project, including installing lights and an instrument-landing system, and calibrating them with the runway surface, are being taken up now. The runway should be ready by October 1, and become operational soon after that,” a Civil Aviation ministry official said.
While the runway was scheduled to become operational by August-end, the deadline was extended to September 15, then pushed to September 30.
25/09/10 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express

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Categories: airports Sep 2010