The workers, engineers and officials concerned are working restlessly despite the coronavirus pandemic to complete the construction work of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) within the scheduled time.
According to project official sources, piling work is on following the completion of earth digging work of the third terminal.
It is mentionable that the project will cost Tk 21300 crore. Of the total construction cost, the government will provide Tk 5000 crore while the rest are to be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Mitsubishi and Fujita of Japan and Samsung of Korea were awarded contracts to construct the 3rd terminal under a consortium.
The objective of the Project is to meet future demand of air transportation and to ensure international standard of safety, security and facilitation by expanding airport terminal facilities and developing related infrastructure at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, thereby contributing further economic growth in Bangladesh, JICA sources said.
The Terminal-3 is expected to be modern, world-class and more befitting.
Earlier, CAAB chairman Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Mofidur Rahman told media, “Our aim is to complete the work within the given time. We are very cautiously progressing since the outbreak of coronavirus so that it cannot interrupt construction work.”
Once completed, the new international passenger terminal building is set to have a floor area of roughly 22.5 lakh square feet whereas the exiting two terminals of HSIA have space of around 10 lakh square feet together.
The HSIA’s expansion is set to increase the airport’s annual passenger handling capacity from the current eight million to approximately 20 million and the cargo capacity from 200,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes.
