Kannur: While the earthwork that includes excavation and piling of earth has slowed down in the Kannur International Airport project site near Mattannur due to incessant rains, the construction of the airport terminal and control tower is progressing as scheduled.
Kannur International Airport Ltd. (KIAL) officials said that continuous downpour in the area has adversely affected the progress of the earthwork in the project site. They said that 65 per cent of the earthwork has already been completed. The estimated total earthwork in the project site envisaged cutting and filling of earth totaling 200 lakh cubic metres. The works are expected to resume in full-swing in a couple of days, they informed.
While the blasting of earth is under way, the levelling works will start after the rains subside, the KIAL officials said. The slab works for the construction of the terminal and the tower continue uninterrupted, they said and added that the works of fabrication of tresses for the structures under construction are also progressing in a parallel way.
06/10/15 The Hindu
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Kannur International Airport Ltd. (KIAL) officials said that continuous downpour in the area has adversely affected the progress of the earthwork in the project site. They said that 65 per cent of the earthwork has already been completed. The estimated total earthwork in the project site envisaged cutting and filling of earth totaling 200 lakh cubic metres. The works are expected to resume in full-swing in a couple of days, they informed.
While the blasting of earth is under way, the levelling works will start after the rains subside, the KIAL officials said. The slab works for the construction of the terminal and the tower continue uninterrupted, they said and added that the works of fabrication of tresses for the structures under construction are also progressing in a parallel way.
06/10/15 The Hindu
