Pending Airports Authority nod for underground alignment
Kolkata, May 24:
The Rs 3,951-crore Kolkata Airport-New Garia metro project may
face fresh delays due to non-availability of approval from Airports Authority
for a crucial underground leg at the airport end.
The 32 km long metro line will run along the eastern fringes of
the city.
Executed by Metro Railway, Kolkata – a wing of the Indian
Railways – the project was scheduled to be completed by end-2015.
“The project may be delayed further if we don't get approval
from the Airports Authority soon. We have already submitted an alignment outlay
for the 7 km stretch connecting airport,” a key official involved in the
project told Business
Line.
According to him, the metro link will connect the upcoming
integrated terminal of Kolkata airport.
“Unless the new airport terminal becomes operational, we cannot
draw the outlay for the metro station near airport also,” he pointed out.
A Metro Railway spokesperson confirmed the non-availability of
approval from airport authority.
Land hurdles
Even if the airport authorities give clearance, the project may
face land hurdles as the stretch connecting to airport will pass through a
large number of private properties, the source added.
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