Kolkata: City airport director B P Sharma has urged the state government to solve the traffic mess on VIP Road that has led to hundreds of people missing flights each year.
"We need to urgently focus on the traffic situation to prevent a bigger problem in the years ahead. At present, the Kolkata airport handles 9 million passengers. At the current growth rate, the passenger count should reach 20 million in four-five years. Until VIP Road is decongested and alternative roads are built, more people will miss flights regularly," Sharma warned.
He was speaking at Bengal Builds, a conclave on infrastructure and housing organised jointly by the state government and private builders. Among those present were urban development minister Firhad Hakim, secretary Debashis Sen and Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority chief executive officer Vivek Bharadwaj.
01/12/12 Times of India
