Calicut airport runway: tenders for re-carpeting work soon.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will invite tenders for re-carpeting of the runway of the Calicut airport after obtaining a report from the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) next month.

The CRRI, a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been entrusted with the technical study for repairing the tabletop runway of the airport. Tenders would be called for on the basis of this report, the Airport Director Peter K. Abraham, told The Hindu recently.

He said that the CRRI team had already commenced its study.

'We expect its report by a month. The cost of the project will be prepared based on the report. The re-carpeting will not affect the flight operations,' he added.

The Union Civil Aviation Ministry had already decided to allot Rs. 40 crore for strengthening the entire runway (9,383 feet) of the airport. This was after a high-level team led by T.S. Chandramouli, Executive Director (Engineering), AAI examined the runway last year.

Temporary works at the end of the runway for aircrafts to turnaround would begin in a week. The total cost would come up to Rs. 3 crore. The work would be done between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. during which the runway will remain closed.


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