Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Nov 5: Member Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal convened a review meeting with the members of Airport Authority of India and executive agencies regarding the under construction Kushok Bakula Rinpochey (KBR) Airport, Leh here today.
DGM Airport Authority of India (AAI) Sanjay Thakur, Director Airport Authority Leh, Sonam Norbu, Project Director EIL, T R Sharma, Project Manager Shapoorji Pallonji and Co, Pvt Ltd Yogesh Shukla attended the meeting.
At the outset, DGM AAI Sanjay Thakur, while giving a detailed Power Point Presentation of the project, informed that the project has a total cost of Rs 480 crores out of which 323.19 Crores is cost of composite works. He further informed that the newly constructed Airport has 18985 Sqm of terminal building, 3340 Sqm of utility building, 1.6 million passenger capacity/800 peak hours passengers, 3 passenger boarding bridges, 13 passenger lifts and 2 goods lifts. He said the project has facilities like surface car parking, central cooling and heating system and solar grid power system.
He further apprised the MP that the 26% of physical work has been completed and nearly Rs 65 Crores has been spent till date out of the total project cost. He also added that due to the Covid-19 pandemic and short working seasons, the project will be completed by December 2022 against earlier completion date of September 2021.
A detailed discussion also took place regarding the interior design, night flight operation and expansion of the area.
MP Ladakh directed the representative of GoI, Airport Authority and Shapoorji Pallonji teams not to compromise with quality and authenticity of the project and completed the project in a given time frame. The MP also visited and inspected the under construction Utility building and other sites of the under construction Airport with the teams.
Later, the MP also inspected and took stock of the facilities being provided to the passengers in the existing airport and requested the concerned authorities to improve and upgrade the required facilities like running water, public utilities and heating system. He also interacted with the officers and CISF personnel deployed at Leh Airport and enquired about their wellbeing and facilities provided to them.
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