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Just used this thread to post updates on the latest developments on Banglore airport..

 

Source: TOI
DEVANAHALLI (BANGALORE RURAL): The dream is coming true, almost. About 70 per cent work on the Bangalore International Airport will be completed by yearend with evacuation work already starting on the portions that are to be expanded.

The newly redesigned airport will meet the opening date of April 2, 2008, with cost escalation of Rs 530 crore which will be met through loans, deputy CM B S Yediyurappa said during a site review on Thursday.

"I have not kept any of the files pending on this project. 164 acres of land is still due to be given to the project which will be done by June-end," he said.

Bangalore International Airport Limited CEO Albert Brunner, who along with his officials, escorted the DyCM around the site, said 23 per cent of the work is over as on date.

"We had originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this has now been redesigned to handle 11 million passengers. The full-fledged airport — with two runways — will be completed on time," he outlined.

Work on the site is on full swing with large sections of the boundary wall completed. Excavation is on at the sprawling seven-acre terminal building for the 7,500 sq mts additional area that is part of the expansion/redesign plans.
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