New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the private airport operator, is expanding the terminal to accommodate more passengers at the boarding gate area, before venturing on to its bigger plan to almost double the size of the terminal in the next three years.
“It was not possible to expand the terminal on the front as it would have required altering the existing facade, which would have proved difficult. That is why we are expanding the terminal by 10 metres towards the airside where we have enough space,” said a spokesperson of DIAL.
The work for the expansion is going on in full swing and would have been completed much earlier if not for some obstacles. “It is a very big task to carry out such construction work during peak traffic hours. Also, getting security passes for construction workers takes up some time,” he said.
Despite the hurdles, DIAL is confident of providing some much-needed relief to passengers by February 2016. “The space at the boarding gate area would increase from the present 1,787 square metre to 3,574 square metre and instead of 11 bussing gates, we would have 15 gates,” he said.
03/11/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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“It was not possible to expand the terminal on the front as it would have required altering the existing facade, which would have proved difficult. That is why we are expanding the terminal by 10 metres towards the airside where we have enough space,” said a spokesperson of DIAL.
The work for the expansion is going on in full swing and would have been completed much earlier if not for some obstacles. “It is a very big task to carry out such construction work during peak traffic hours. Also, getting security passes for construction workers takes up some time,” he said.
Despite the hurdles, DIAL is confident of providing some much-needed relief to passengers by February 2016. “The space at the boarding gate area would increase from the present 1,787 square metre to 3,574 square metre and instead of 11 bussing gates, we would have 15 gates,” he said.
03/11/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
