GUWAHATI: Union minister for civil aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the basis stone for the brand new international-standard built-in terminal building of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport right here on Sunday. To be completed through 2020 at a price of Rs 1,232 crores, the bold mission is being observed as a significant spice up to the aviation sector within the northeastern area.
A bhumi puja rite on Sunday marked the start of the development work of the brand new terminal at the most happening airport of the northeast.
Expressing the Centre's commitment to glue Guwahati with primary international locations, Union minister Raju mentioned that the civil aviation sector has recorded extra special enlargement each internationally and regionally within the final three years below the NDA executive.
"From being not even in the reckoning, we now have the fastest growing aviation sector in the world and we also register the third highest domestic traffic among all countries. Our aviation team works hard at all levels. Till the time the NDA government came to power, only 73 airports in the country were connected in terms of commercial flights. Within the last three and a half years, 18 airports have already started functioning under the present government," said Raju.
Calling the modernization of the airport right here a milestone for long run generations, leader minister Sonowal exuded self assurance that the efforts to give a significant facelift to the airport would help in figuring out the potential for enlargement within the state and forging better financial ties with the southeast Asian countries. He also instructed Union minister Raju to develop into the airport into an all-weather airport.
"Transportation and connectivity are the two most important means for economic prosperity. The government of Assam accords top priority to improve communication and wants to engage in faster development of road, rail and air linkages as well as internet connectivity," said Sonowal.
"We have 800 million people in and around us in the southeast. This is a great market and through the implementation of the Act East Policy we want to take development forward," the executive minister added.
The new built-in terminal building, spread over 90,000 sq. metres, might be equipped with world-class passenger amenities and could have the capacity to care for 3,100 passengers all the way through peak hour. The interiors of the building will depict native handicrafts, work of art and widespread tourist locations of Assam, giving the passengers a glimpse of the various culture of the northeast. A small wooded area, bamboo artefacts and a craft village were built-in into the total design of the terminal.
The new terminal building will conform to GRIHA (inexperienced rating for built-in habitat review) Four-star rating.
A bhumi puja rite on Sunday marked the start of the development work of the brand new terminal at the most happening airport of the northeast.
Expressing the Centre's commitment to glue Guwahati with primary international locations, Union minister Raju mentioned that the civil aviation sector has recorded extra special enlargement each internationally and regionally within the final three years below the NDA executive.
"From being not even in the reckoning, we now have the fastest growing aviation sector in the world and we also register the third highest domestic traffic among all countries. Our aviation team works hard at all levels. Till the time the NDA government came to power, only 73 airports in the country were connected in terms of commercial flights. Within the last three and a half years, 18 airports have already started functioning under the present government," said Raju.
Calling the modernization of the airport right here a milestone for long run generations, leader minister Sonowal exuded self assurance that the efforts to give a significant facelift to the airport would help in figuring out the potential for enlargement within the state and forging better financial ties with the southeast Asian countries. He also instructed Union minister Raju to develop into the airport into an all-weather airport.
"Transportation and connectivity are the two most important means for economic prosperity. The government of Assam accords top priority to improve communication and wants to engage in faster development of road, rail and air linkages as well as internet connectivity," said Sonowal.
"We have 800 million people in and around us in the southeast. This is a great market and through the implementation of the Act East Policy we want to take development forward," the executive minister added.
The new built-in terminal building, spread over 90,000 sq. metres, might be equipped with world-class passenger amenities and could have the capacity to care for 3,100 passengers all the way through peak hour. The interiors of the building will depict native handicrafts, work of art and widespread tourist locations of Assam, giving the passengers a glimpse of the various culture of the northeast. A small wooded area, bamboo artefacts and a craft village were built-in into the total design of the terminal.
The new terminal building will conform to GRIHA (inexperienced rating for built-in habitat review) Four-star rating.
Assam: Construction work begins on world-class airport terminal
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