Lucknow new terminal may not be ready before April

Lucknow: Already delayed by more than one year, the new integrated passenger terminal building of Chaudhary Charan Singh (Amausi) Airport here is unlikely to be ready this year. Unhappy with the delay, Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman V P Agrawal last week directed the airport authorities to complete the project by December-end but officials said the terminal cannot be completed before April next year.
Launched in January 2008, this Rs 129-crore project was to be completed by August 2009. More than 13 months after the deadline, only 77 per cent work has been completed. “We will try to finish most of the work by December but the terminal will be ready for operations only by April,” said K K Singh, General Manager (Projects), AAI.
Although contract of the project was awarded to Brahmaputra Infrastructure Limited (JV) in October 2007, land was made available in January 2008. Delay in cutting of trees at the site and later rain created hindrances in the work.
13/10/10 Lalmani Verma/Indian Express

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