(a) whether the Government has any plan to renovate / modernize Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata view of the inadequate facilities available at the Airport;
(b) if so, the details alongwith the cost involved therein; and
(c) the time by which the renovation / modernization work is likely to be commenced?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI PRAFUL PATEL )
(a):- Yes Sir.
(b) and (c):- Improvement, development and upgradation of infrastructure facilities at the airports is a continuous process and is taken up depending upon traffic demand, availablity of land, resources etc. The major works in progress at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI)at Kolkata are construction of Integrated Cargo complex, 2 nos additional in contact parking bays, 2 nos additional remote parking bays, and linking of 1st phase apron with existing taxiway at an estimated cost of Rs.61.43 crores. AAI also has plans to take up modification of International Departure Building (Phase-I), construction of facilitation lobby, linking corridor for `Circular Railway` from Dum-Dum to NSCBI Airport, extension of secondary runway beyond 19L beginning, resurfacing of secondary runway, construction of cargo apron towards Northern side, 6 nos of domestic parking stand and RCC canopy at domestic terminal at a cost of Rs.218.18 crores, during the year 2006.