The Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport of Patna may soon live up to its billing, to a great extent, as an international airport with the Union cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday approving a land transfer proposal for expansion of the airport to handle 30 lakh passengers per annum.
The proposal pertains to transfer of Airports Authority of India (AAI)’s 11.35 acre of land in Patna’s Aneesabad to the Bihar government in lieu of 13 acres of land near the airport. The land near the airport will be used for construction of a world-class two-storey terminal building and development of other facilities.
The state government has already okayed the transfer of its land to the AAI.
The new terminal building will have the arrival area on the ground floor and departure lounge on the first floor. It will also have provision for operating six aerobridges for fliers to board flights from the first floor.
“The Union cabinet’s nod was essential to commence work. We have begun the bidding process for selection of project management consultant, but the actual construction is likely to commence from July,” airport director R S Lahauria told TOI.
Though the need for airport terminal expansion was being felt for over a decade, talks for the same gathered steam from April last year when Union civil aviation officials, including secretary R N Choubey, held a meeting with state chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh at the airport. CM Nitish Kumar gave his approval in July last year.
25/01/17 Piyush Tripathi/The Times Of India
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The proposal pertains to transfer of Airports Authority of India (AAI)’s 11.35 acre of land in Patna’s Aneesabad to the Bihar government in lieu of 13 acres of land near the airport. The land near the airport will be used for construction of a world-class two-storey terminal building and development of other facilities.
The state government has already okayed the transfer of its land to the AAI.
The new terminal building will have the arrival area on the ground floor and departure lounge on the first floor. It will also have provision for operating six aerobridges for fliers to board flights from the first floor.
“The Union cabinet’s nod was essential to commence work. We have begun the bidding process for selection of project management consultant, but the actual construction is likely to commence from July,” airport director R S Lahauria told TOI.
Though the need for airport terminal expansion was being felt for over a decade, talks for the same gathered steam from April last year when Union civil aviation officials, including secretary R N Choubey, held a meeting with state chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh at the airport. CM Nitish Kumar gave his approval in July last year.
25/01/17 Piyush Tripathi/The Times Of India
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