Shelved ATC revamp makes modernisation plan comeback

Calcutta: A safety project that was grounded midway is set to take wing again at Calcutta airport, compensating for a delayed flight to modernisation.
The announcement came even as a reality check by the Airports Authority of India confirmed what Metro had reported on August 9 — that the modernisation project would miss its August 2011 deadline.
The chairman of the Airports Authority of India, V.P. Agrawal, fixed October 2011 as the new deadline for the modernisation project. “We have reviewed the progress and the project will be completed by October 2011,” he said on Tuesday.
There was some good news too. “We are planning to spend Rs 250 crore in excess of the modernisation budget to upgrade the ATC (air traffic control) and build a new tower in around one-and-a-half-year’s time,” Agrawal said.
Of the estimated additional cost of Rs 250 crore, around Rs 100 crore is to be spent on equipment meant to increase flight safety in an airport with a history of close calls.
22/09/10 The Telegraph

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Categories: airports Sep 2010