Praful to lay foundation stone for Chandigarh Airport terminal
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Chandigarh,
Jan
4:
Civil
Aviation
Minister
Praful
Patel
will
lay
the
foundation
stone
for
the
construction
of
a
new
Integrated
Terminal
Building
at
the
Chandigarh
Airport
today.
Patel
will
also
be
present
at
the
signing
of
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
(MoU)
for
the
development
of
a
international
civil
air
terminal
complex
at
Mohali.
The
MoU
will
be
signed
between
the
Airports
Authority
of
India
(AAI)
and
the
Greater
Mohali
Area
Development
Authority
(GMADA).
A JV Company with 51 per cent equity stake of AAI and 49 per cent equity stake of GMADA will be formed to develop and operate an international civil air terminal including city side development in the state of Punjab. GMDA will acquire the required land from the State Government of Punjab and hand it over to the JV Company.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has plans to develop a civil enclave at Chandigarh matching international standards. The Punjab Government has been requested to give approximately 300 acres of land, identified on the other side of runway with independent access from the city side.
The AAI has planned several facilities including construction of an international terminal building, having a modular design, and to catering to 700 passengers with four passenger-boarding bridges, construction of apron for parking three in contact and eight remote parking stands for wide-bodied jet aircraft, construction of three link taxiways, parallel taxi track, cargo complex and hangers of flying club activities and runway extension, if required subject to availability of land from IAF and UT Chandigarh.
ANI