Assam airports set to get major facelift

Guwahati: Several major airports of Assam including the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport are set for major facelift. The State Government has assured the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to hand over required land for the expansion of the LGBI airport within seven days.
An official release said that the Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi today had a meeting with chairman of AAI VP Agarwal in his office where key issues relating to development of airports in the State were discussed. The AAI chief apprised the Chief Minister of the steps taken by the AAI for the construction of a new integrated terminal building and taxi track in the LGBI to cope with the heavy inflow of passengers. He requested the Chief Minister to hand over the land required at the earliest for modernization and expansion of the airport. The revenue officials present in the meeting said that the required land would be handed over to the AAI within the next seven days.
Agarwal informed the Chief Minister that an amount of Rs 500 crore would be required for parallel runway, Rs 150 crore for traffic taxi and Rs 100 crore as cost of land. The AAI chairman requested the Chief Minister to move the North eastern Council (NEC) for financial support and he assured to do it. Gogoi also asked Agarwal to explore other possibilities for meeting the fund requirement.
As Assam serves as the regional hub, the AAI has been asked to ensure share of funds for land acquisition cost by the other State Governments, DoNER and the NEC. Agarwal also informed the Chief Minister that night landing facilities in the LGBI airport would come up soon.
21/02/12 Assam Tribune

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Categories: airports Feb 2012