New Agartala airport terminal to be operational in 6 months.

The new terminal building at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, with a capacity to handle 1,200 passengers per day, almost three times more than the existing facility, is expected to become operational in six months, an official said. The new terminal building will have six bays, one hangar, 20 check-in counters, 5 custom counters and 10 immigration counters, inline baggage system and a solar power unit.

"The Rs. 500-crore project for building the new terminal here would be completed within six months, well before the Durga Puja. The terminal is being built with latest technologies," regional director of Airports Authority of India, Sanjeev Jindal, said. The existing terminal is capable of handling 500 passengers a day while, after completion of the project, the airport will be able to handle 1,200 passengers,

After the new terminal is inaugurated, the existing one would be used as a training facility for professionals.

TOI