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Congestion at IGI airport to ease by July

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NEW DELHI: Delhi International Airport Limited on Monday apprised the Planning Commission of the progress of up-gradation of Delhi airport and said congestion at the airport was likely to ease by July with a new infrastructure in place by then.

The meeting was chaired by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and attended by representatives from the Union Civil Aviation Ministry, Central Industrial Security Force and Intelligence Bureau besides DIAL officials.

During 2008, DIAL plans to complete up-gradation of the international terminal (Terminal 2) and domestic arrivals.

According to GMR Chairman (Airports) Kiran Kumar Grandhi, the international terminal will be refurbished by July this year, while the new domestic terminal would be ready by November.

“We are also upgrading the Haj Terminal by October, soon after which Haj operations will begin. After Haj, we will use this terminal for international operations from January next year,” he told reporters after the meeting. The third runway will be ready for operations by August.

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