Civil aviation sec. inspects airport construction in Sikkim

Gangtok: The new secretary of tourism and civil aviation department Mrs. Nim Ethenpa along with joint secretary, assistant engineer, Junior Engineer (Tourism Department), chief engineer, department of Transport Mr. Uttam Pradhan, officer from Irrigation Department and Sub Divisional Magistrate Mrs. Roshni Rai today visited the upcoming green field airport at Pakyong, East District in Sikkim.
The green field Airport, Pakyong project effectively commenced from 1st of October 2009 and is expected to be completed by May 2012. The total area covering the project stretches about 200 acres where the run way is prepared measuring about 1700*30m, taxi way is of 116m*15m and Apron is 106m*76m. It has a capacity to allow the standing of 2 airplanes at a time. The retaining wall measures about 1480meters long up to 74meter high.
The airport consists of four box culvert as cross draining system where as the terminal building of the airport will be build to a capacity of 100persons in an area measuring 2380square meter.
The airport even avails the facility of car parking with a capacity of 80 vehicles and will also have a fire station cum ATC tower, CNC facilities like (VHF, HF, NDB and DVOR) is proposed and the high intensity runway light (HIRL), Airport beacon, PAPI will also be facilitated.
The total construction cost of the airport totals to an amount of Rs. 309 crores where the works like construction of wall, leveling of ground, runway, and drainage system is carried out by Punj Lloyd totaling to a cost about 265 crores where as the remaining amount will be utilized for construction of terminal building, fire station cum ATC center and many more by Airport authority of India (AAI).
The General Manager AAI Mr. GD Gupta today in a short meet informed the secretary Tourism and Civil aviation that there are few issues affecting the progress of the work like handing over the land occupied by private houses in acquired area and relocation of 16 number of houses adjacent to AAI boundary.
09/06/11 iSikkim.com

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