Works on the foundation of the passenger terminal building (PTB) have been completed as also 15 per cent of works on the building itself, which includes the air traffic control (ATC) tower. The promoters have set a target for completing the PTB, the ATC tower and a majority of the work on the runaway, besides commencing internal fittings.

Key features

The key features of the upcoming airport include a design to handle 7 million passengers annually, which could be scaled up to 50 million, A-380 compatible runway, modular terminal building and state-of-the-art IT facilities. Once opened for commercial operations, the airport's single terminal would be equipped with 10 contact boarding gates, 20 remote stands, 60 common user terminal equipment check-in desks and 30 immigration counters.

ORR project

The Chief Minister said that the Government had pre-qualified 16 companies for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project and the final list of awardees would be completed in the next three months. The Government had received proposals from Dubai and China for the project but it had decided to adopt Swiss challenge method to finalize the contracts. It was also in favor of HUDA completing, the first phase of work so that developers of subsequent phases could adopt it as a model.