12 Sep 2013, 07:30 am
The Pakyong airport is being built at an altitude of 4,700 ft which will be one of the five highest airports in India.
Dhungel said that it will open alternative connectivity route to state as at present the state has to depend solely on NH 31 for connecting to rest of world.
The airport consists of a terminal building measuring 2380 square metres with a capacity of 100 passengers, a car park for 80 vehicles and a fire station cum Air Traffic Control Tower.
Dhungel said that Belfast-based geotechnical company Maccaferri has won an international award fo carving out airport from the mountainside using massive geotechnical 'cut and fill' engineering works.
The airport is being built at an altitude of 4,700 ft with deep valleys at both ends of the runway featuring a 1700 metre long, 30 metre wide runway and a 116 metre long taxiway connecting it to an apron measuring 106 metres by 76 metres.
He said that state government will consider demand of additional land for construction of the greenfield airport.
Dhungel requested the Union tourism minister to provide central assistance of Rs 20 crore for upgradation of helipads in the state in conformity norms with the DGCA.
Dhungel suggested for providing security of the airport to the state police to curtail expenditure on operational cost and added that the Sikkim Police are fully equipped trained and competent to handle the security of greenfield airport.
He said that the state government will provide all the logistic and other facilities to the AAI for timely completion of construction work and added that necessary fire, rescue and other modern facilities will be provided by the state government on operational of the airport
Sikkim tourism secretary C. Zangpo was also present in the meeting
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