AAI clears plans for metro station near Kolkata airport

Kolkata: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has cleared the Metro Railway station within the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. This station in the 32-km New Garia - Sector V section. AAI has however, made it clear that this station will have to be underground. Metro Railway had originally planned a station on the viaduct nearly 20 meters above the ground.
"This is a Rs 3,951-crore project. We will now have to re-evaluate the actual cost as it will go up due to the tunneling work to build the underground station. We are happy though that the project has been cleared," said Protyush Ghosh, DGMG, Metro Railway.
14/06/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Jun 2012