New cargo terminal in Patna airport may be ready by Dec

Paving way for speedy transportation of commercial goods through air, the cargo terminal at the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here is likely to be ready by December, said AAI. The facility is likely to boost the industry and provide access to domestic markets. About 90 per cent of the construction work has been completed on the two-storey building. The new facility will be four times bigger than the existing cargo complex. The area of the existing cargo block is 3,600 square feet, while the new building is being built over an area of 15,000 square feet. Laced with the latest technology and equipment the G +2 cargo terminal will be operational at the airport by 2023. An AAI official said the facility will have cold room refeer van, weighing scale, X-ray machines door frame metal detectors scissors lips palette, and high security apparatus. The building will be equipped with CCTVs for 24X7 monitoring, he added. KS Vijayan, GM, Projects AAI Patna said in a statement, “We are hopeful that the new complex will become operational by March 2023.”