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Dec 2006

Patel lays stone for Jaipur airport's new terminal

     Jaipur: Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel laid down the foundation stone of a new International Terminal Building at Jaipur's Sanganer Airport here on Friday. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has now taken up construction of the new building to cater to 250 inbound and 250 outbound passengers at a total cost of Rs. 95 crore. The international terminal building will be based on the latest technology of using glass and steel structure to match international standard of other world class airports. The centrally air-conditioned terminal building will have 14 check- in-counters, 10 customs counters and three security check-in- counters in addition to 12 numbers of immigration counters. The other facilities include escalators, passenger lifts, PA System, on-line baggage handling, CCTV, Aerobridges. Jaipur Airport being the alternate airport to Delhi during foggy winter season to meet the growing traffic demands of both domestic as well as international passengers, AAI plans to construct a new apron for 3 code-E, 3 code-D and 4 code-C type of aircraft with link taxi for international flights. A parallel taxi track connecting the new apron with the runway is planned to be executed in Phase-II. Under the Phase-I programme, the apron will be connected with the runway near the old dumbbell by constructing a parallel taxi track of 550 metres with the available land and it will be extended further up to the beginning of the runway after completion of land acquisition from the Government. There is also a proposal to construct a new integrated cargo complex to meet the growing requirement for cargo handling.

     The airport is currently equipped with latest state-of-the-art communication navigational aids, including visual aids on runway- 09 and precision approach lights on runway 27 for smooth landing and take off. During the year 2005-2006, Jaipur Airport has handled 52389 international passengers. The terminal will caters to an annual traffic of 2.4 lakh passengers corresponding to the demand projection up to the year 2020-2021. The foundation laying ceremony was a well-attended function where Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was the Chief Guest. Among other present on the occasion were Minister of Mines Sis Ram Ola; Minister of State for Environment & Forests Namo Narain Meena; Education Minister, Govt. of Rajasthan, Ganshyam Das Tiwari; Leader of Opposition, Vidhan Sabha, Rajasthan, Ram Narain Choudhry; President, Pradesh Congress Committee, Rajasthan, BD Kalla; Ram Das Agarwal and KL Balimiki, and Girdhari Lal Bhargava, Members of Parliament.
-Dec 29, 2006