Monday, July 4, 2016

Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport construction (Follow Up)

July 04, 2016 :

According to the agreement the construction of the airport would be complete at 2017 December 39. With help of the Asian bank Limited the construction for this international airport was started. Prime Minister Shushil Koirala did the opening of the construction of the airport in Magh 1.. The construction company has started to the work on paining the ground and managing the river as the rainy season has started while they are undergoing the construction of runway for the airport. Northwest Company of Chine is improving the present condition of Gautam Airport which was constructed with the help of Indian Government help in 2023 for making it as international airport and has got budget of 6 billion 22 million 51 million 20 thousand, two hundred and 27.Upon completion, the international airport is expected to serve 760,000 passengers by 2030, including 280,000 visitors to Lumbini, which is 20 kilometers west of the GBA according to ADB. In addition to helping increase the number of visitors to Lumbini from the traditional markets of India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, the upgrade is expected to increase the number of visitors from the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, among others. ADB approved the South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project, of which the GBA upgrade is a part, in November 2009 to develop and improve tourism-related infrastructure in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. The additional financing will support the restructuring of the project including the increased scope of the GBA from the originally designed regional international airport to a full-fledged international airport that can accommodate wide-body airplanes. The scaling up of the original upgrade design will add 400 meters to make the runway length to 3,000 meters, overlay the existing 1,500 meter runway for use as a parallel taxiway, construct a new 15,169 square meter terminal building, improve drainage, and install more advanced navigational aids, equipment, and airport lighting for safety , the ADB said in a statement in May, 2014.