Kolkata airport to get new radars

Kolkata: Even as the spotlight rests on the increased comfort and convenience that the new integrated terminal will offer to passengers once it goes operational later this year, passenger safety is also undergoing a quiet makeover with age-old radars at the airport being replaced by a new one. Another radar has already been installed at Badur in Madhyamgram and is expected to be commissioned soon. The two projects are together worth over Rs 20 crore.
According to Kolkata airport regional executive director ML Lehkra, the ageing airport surveillance radar (ASR) and mono-pulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR), popularly known as primary and secondary radars, will be replaced by new ones by next year.
19/07/12 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jul 2012