Halwara Ludhiana Airport: While the state government recently claimed that Halwara International Airport will be completed in January next year, the authorities have not issued a tender for road construction at the village of Aitiana, because they are awaiting approval from the Indian Airport Authority (AAI) , Local AAI officials said the agreement was discussed at a monthly board meeting.
Head of Secretary Vini Mahajan, during a visit to the city on August 7, said the construction of the international airport will be completed in January to improve the air connectivity of the industrial city, also known as Manchester of India, in addition to bringing investment and work.
PWD officials said around April, they received estimates for temporary terminal buildings and internal roads in Aitiana, near Halwara airport, and since then they have been waiting for approval from AAI so they can float tender.pwd superintending engineers (roads and wing buildings) Rakesh Garg said They have sent a proposal for the construction of the terminal building, which can be used for other purposes later, and the road, including parking and aprons (where the plane is parked), to AAI and is waiting for a nod, after that the tender will float.
After job allotment, construction will begin.
PWD officials say while the construction of building construction is around Rs 43 Crore, that for roads and related work is around Rs 20 Crore.
They say after the work has been allocated, construction will be completed in January.
A local AAI officer said the proposal was taken at a monthly board meeting and PWD must immediately get approval.
He added that they were willing to divert operations from Sahnewal Airport to Halwara, because they had faced obstacles such as low visibility and shorter runways.
The Superintending PWD engineer said the road approach (executed by Papjab Bath board) and the Boundary Wall was finished.
PWD officials say around 2,300 meters of boundary walls, with a height of 10 feet and 2 foot wire above, has been built at a cost of Rs 3 Crore.
Meanwhile, residents are waiting for the start of the airport.
“This project will benefit Ludhiana in many ways and the business community will get a maximum of it.
We don’t need to travel to Amritsar or Mohali.
Our clients from countries and abroad can come directly to Ludhiana.
Until now, we have flights from Sahnewal to Delhi , but sometimes canceled, “said Kulpreet Malhotra, a cycle exporter of the Town model.
He said the authorities had to get airport operations as early as possible.
State-of-the-the-art complex officials say the airport terminal complex will be sophisticated with the latest equipment, including the general user interface terminal (funny) system, inland baggage, face recognition system to run through identification facilities for passengers, among others , Aai officials said as opposing the flight capacity of 72-seat ATR in Sahnewal, Halwara Airport would serve 172 Boeing flights.
The airport building will have three terminals, including international, domestic and cargo.