Dr Singh,Sonia open up IGI 3rd terminal

2010-07-04 05:32:47 - 4 Junly 20110 -New Delhi - Sagar Media -Nksagar
New Delhi IGI Airport today will use third terminal with more runway at the credit of IGI airport but the traffic chaos will enhance at the airport crossing.New Delhi being hot International and national destinations needs two more airports both for national and International to reduce the avian cluster- craft phobia.

India is very poorly connected within its 500 cities by airways and avian industry has vast scope for its growth .With growing congested roads and rail traffic the avian industry must come forward to invest in Public Private Partnership to avail the opportunity .Dr Singh has too asked aviation industry to encourage serious investment in this sector.

Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan
Singh, inaugurated the country’s biggest Airport Terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, establishing new global benchmarks for India. Swanky new terminal, T-3, the most modern and 5th largest airport in the world, can cater to 34 million passengers annually whereas total passenger traffic in the country is around 45 million per annum.

Built in a record time of 37 months at the cost of 9,000 crore rupees, it will become operational from 14th of this month, when all foreign airlines shift their base from the existing Terminal-2. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Singh pitched for regulatory and policy framework in tune with the requirements of the civil aviation industry to encourage serious investment in the sector that can absorb upto 120 billion dollars by 2020.

He said, the terminal exemplifies India's resolve to bridge the infrastructure deficit and also proved the success of the Public Private Partnership model in execution of large infrastructure projects. He said, with India occupying an important geographical position in the global air route structure, the hub traffic out of Delhi and Mumbai was bound to grow in the coming years. Prime Minister also stressed the need for creation of safe, secure, efficient and environment-friendly systems conducive to healthy growth of the civil aviation sector.

UPA Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi, who was also present on the occasion, reiterated UPA's pledge to provide cheap and better infrastructure and transportation facilities. Ms Gandhi said terminal 3 is an impressive structure and complimented all for it. Earlier, the Civil aviation Minister Parful Patel said that Metro Airports in Mumbai and Kolkata will be ready by next year and 25 other non metro Air Ports will also be completed soon. Our correspondent reports, Several Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and Member of Parliament were present on this momentous occasion.

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