Delhi set to get 2nd largest airport terminal

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Posted: Sunday , Nov 09, 2008 at 1415 hrs IST New Delhi, November 9::

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India can boast of having the second largest airport terminal in the world when the third terminal building at the Indira Gandhi International airport here comes up in 2010.

The terminal building alone will come up on 20 acres of land, with the entire seven-storey structure providing a total space of about 5,20,000 square metres and having a capacity of handling 34 million passengers a year.

The Terminal-3 or T3 of IGI airport would be the second largest after the new terminal at the Beijing airport, constructed before the recent Olympics, which has a total floor area of 9,86,000 square metres.

Giving details of the mega project underway at the Delhi airport, CEO (Airport Development) of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) I Prabhakar Rao said: "Our focus is on three Ms -- men, material and machinery. That is helping us giving shape to this major project."

In an interview to PTI, he said several factories were functioning at the project site, producing materials ranging from concrete and steel pipes to air-conditioning ducts.

"Almost a thousand trucks bring in bulk materials like steel, stones and bricks every night to the site, without disturbing traffic anywhere on the near by national highway."

Maintaining that it was a ‘challenge’ for DIAL to complete the mega project in the stipulated time of 37 months, Rao said major airports like Changi in Singapore took 76 months for completion, while Heathrow's T5 and Beijing's new terminal took 60 months.

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Delhi set to get 2nd largest airport terminalBy: Deepak Nagar | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Hi Prabhakar,India is no-where as far airports are concerned!! We simply talk high. China does it but do not boast. Actions must speak louder than words. I have been working in China for the last 8 years and can not be fooled by such "overstatements". Go and see airports in Asia at Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lampur, Bangkok, Shanghai

Delhi airportBy: J .CHACKO | 09-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Come on ! This is too much!!!Anyone who has not travelled internationally will think that what we have now in India and in future is world class!!!We are nowhere now.We have the worst airports and related services in the world even if you take not only developed nations even most of the developing countries.This is the fact not only related to airports but also considering all infrastructure works and tourist related sercices..I have travelled and visited international airports all over the world than perhaps Mr Rao himself to know these facts.First let us have a good airport and then we can start boasting.

What about Public Convenience?By: AKM | 09-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Whenever I visit India (which is on average once every two years), the one thing that I find extremely frustrating and get embarrassed about are public toilets. I can only hope DIAL has taken into consideration this basic human need and made provision for it. I may as well add that just building toilets is not enough. They need to be maintained, so as they are clean and usable. Maybe there is a case for appointing a full time sanitation manager who is in charge of this and can be held accountable for any inconvenience caused as a result of 'public conveniences'!