Patna: The state government is yet to decide whether it would shift certain buildings used by it from their present location and make available the land for the new facility.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had sent a letter to the government in March this year for shifting the state hangar, the Bihar Flying Club and the IAS Bhavan so that the land, on which these buildings are located, could be used for the new terminal building. These buildings are located adjacent to the airport premises.
The AAI letter has mentioned that keeping the trend of passengers’ flow in mind, it had become necessary to set up a new terminal building.
The letter also talks of the necessity of setting up a new technical block as well as the need for additional space so that international flights could be started from Patna.
“AAI has kept the request of a private operator to launch a Patna-Kathmandu flight pending as the existing terminal building does not have space for setting up separate counters to handle the requirements of an international flight,” said a source.
As far as the existing terminal building is concerned, sources said it was put in service in 1988 and some renovation work was carried out from time to time to meet the pressing needs.
12/04/11 Sanjeev Kumar Verma/Telegraph
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