New terminal: AAI seeks timeline for pending tasks

Dissatisfied with the pace of work, the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought an action-taken report (ATR), with a timeline to complete all unfinished tasks at the new integrated building of the Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in Patna that became operational on June 3, after its formal inauguration by the prime minister on May 29.

- Ruchir Kumar

PATNA:

Among the major works pending are the construction of the remaining four of the five passenger boarding bridges (PBB), also known as aerobridges, and five of the total 11 parking bays. AAI expects them to be ready in the next six months, after demolishing the old terminal building.

The new terminal building, built at over ₹1,200 crore, has come in for severe criticism over its poor planning, execution and pending work, as well as the haste by AAI in taking over the unfinished building.

AAI chairman Vipin Kumar, on June 7, shot off an email to his lower formations, seeking a status of all unfinished work and a timeline for their completion.