Staff Reporter :
An agreement was signed on Sunday for constructing the third terminal building and other infrastructures at Shahjalal International Airport.
The work on the project, financed by Jaica, will begin in April, next year, involving Tk 13610.46 crore. The work is likely to end in April, 2021.
Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Vice Marsha Ehsanul Goni Chowdhury, acting vice chairman of Japan International Consulting Operation Nippon Co. Ltd, Haruhiko Kanai, vice chairman of Japan Oriental Consultants Global Ltd Jun Yamauchi, executive vice president of Singapore CPG Consultant Ltd, Rohani Binte Baharin and AKM Rafiquddin of Bangladesh Design Consultant Ltd signed the deal on behalf of their respective sides.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon was present during the signing ceremony held at the headquarter of CAAB.
Addressing the programme Menon said the government has taken initiative to expand the airport services. Once the project is implemented, the passenger handling capacity of the airport will be increased to 20 million from the existing eight million per year while the cargo handling capacity will be increased to 5 lakh tons from the existing 2 lakh tons.
Senior officials of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, Civil Aviation Authority and the contractor firms concerned attended the signing ceremony.
