Ranchi: The new terminal at the Birsa Munda Airport is likely to be inaugurated by Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh in the second week of January. A team of engineering officials, including the executive director of the engineering wing of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), on Friday visited the new terminal here. The team which arrived in Ranchi on Thursday visited the swanky new airport and inspected its operational efficacy and was satisfied with the system.
Sources from AAI said Singh and Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda would inaugurate the new terminal building around January 15. "The dates have not been finalized yet. It would be settled according to the engagements of the aviation minister," said a source. AAI chairman V P Agarwal will be one of the important guests at the occasion.
22/12/12 Sanjay Ojha/Times of India
