Modernization of non-metro airports (including Bhubaneswar)
Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Khordha March 11th. 2008, 12:33pmFollowing is from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36250.
The Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel informed the Parliament today the target date for completion of modernization process of the 35 non-metro airports by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), is March 2010.
New Terminal Buildings expandable on modular basis are being constructed at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Agatti, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Indore, Khajuraho, Madurai, Mangalore, Port Blair, Ranchi, Raipur, Rajkot, Trivandrum, Trichy, Udaipur, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam airports. Modification/expansion of existing Terminal Buildings is being undertaken at airports in Agra, Agartala, Coimbatore, Dimapur, Guwahati, Imphal, Jammu, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Vadodara.
Airside works including expansion and strengthening of runway for wide bodied aircraft operations, extension/new construction of Apron for more parking of aircrafts, link taxiways and parallel taxi tracks are being taken up at these airports as per requirement. At 24 of these airports, cityside development through Public Private Partnership is being undertaken. Bids for pre-qualification have been received for Amritsar and Udaipur airports.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Our state is now one of the best states in India and the airport is going towards international standards but there is lapse in basic facilities like proper entrance to the airport and car parking facilities in the airport vicinity. In stead of that we face a lot of trouble of paying car parking charges even if the car just goes for dropping. Both the entrances should be properly demarked, for our convenience and for tourism .