The new Integrated Terminal Building of Port Blair Veer Savarkar International Airport will be inaugurated on 18 July: The new Integrated Terminal Building of Port Blair Veer Savarkar International Airport will be inaugurated by PM Modi through video conferencing.
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The new building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 710 crore. This airport will play a major role in increasing connectivity to Andaman and Nicobar. The new terminal building of the airport has been constructed in an area of 40 thousand 8 hundred square meters. Every year 50 thousand passengers will be able to travel from here.
An apron has been constructed at the airport at a cost of Rs 80 crore which is suitable for two aircraft of Boeing 767-400 and Airbus 321 type. With its construction, the airport will be able to park 10 aircraft at a time. The shape of this airport is based on the structure representing the sea and the island.
The new airport terminal building has many facilities that will reduce power consumption. Along with this, arrangements have also been made to get maximum natural sunlight so that the use of artificial lighting system in the building is reduced.
Apart from this, L.E.D. Lighting has also been used. To save water, an underground arrangement has been made to store rain water here. A plant has also been installed to clean the dirty water and use it again.
