Chennai airport upgradation to be completed by this year
Posted on: 03/Jun/2011 11:36:06 PM
Three-quarters of the upgradation and modernisation work at Chennai airport is complete and the remaining major construction activities are likely this year end.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) sources said �Almost 73% of the work has been completed as part of the physical progress of constructing the new integrated terminal buildings, its electrical and other construction.�
The total valuation of the project work is estimated to be about Rs 2,015 crore. As the Public Investment Board (PIB) had earlier cleared a total cost of Rs 1,808 crore, a fresh approval is required to be taken from the PIB.
A major feature in the extension of the runway is that it would enable the landing and take-off of the world`s largest aircraft -- Airbus A-380s. One of the 70 parking bays available at Chennai Airport has also been made to park the superjumbo.
Source : DNA India
