Kannur: With the ministry of environment giving the go-ahead for the Kannur International Airport Limited (Kial), work on the airport will start on a war footing in the next couple of months. The question, however, remains whether the authorities will be able to meet the deadline which has been set for 2015.
"It is a tough task because there are many factors to be taken into consideration here," said a source associated with the airport work. "We should take into account the reality that it took nearly four-and-a-half years to complete work of the Cochin International Airport (Cial) even though it was a plain terrain, but the airport here has been built on a hilly terrain and levelling the earth will be difficult," he said.
The entire earthwork will be awarded to a single company, in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. This is expected to speed up the work, but work on the runway cannot start without making significant progress in levelling the earth, pointed out the officiall, raising apprehensions about meeting the deadline.
Kial managing director G Chandramouli has said they are ready to face the challenge and expressed confidence that it will be completed on time, if no untoward developments take place.
23/07/13 P Sudhakaran/Times of India
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"It is a tough task because there are many factors to be taken into consideration here," said a source associated with the airport work. "We should take into account the reality that it took nearly four-and-a-half years to complete work of the Cochin International Airport (Cial) even though it was a plain terrain, but the airport here has been built on a hilly terrain and levelling the earth will be difficult," he said.
The entire earthwork will be awarded to a single company, in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. This is expected to speed up the work, but work on the runway cannot start without making significant progress in levelling the earth, pointed out the officiall, raising apprehensions about meeting the deadline.
Kial managing director G Chandramouli has said they are ready to face the challenge and expressed confidence that it will be completed on time, if no untoward developments take place.
23/07/13 P Sudhakaran/Times of India
