Project update: BIAL

Dedicated power supply


With the Bangalore international airport receiving power this month from Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTC), 80 per cent of work has been completed.
Power is being provided from the Begur sub-station to activate the 66/11 kV BIAL switchyard, which will provide dedicated power to the new international airport. Work on the project began 26 months ago.
Most of the work on the terminals, being carried out by BIAL, are in various stages of completion. Work on the roof, the front and back glass facade and side walls is complete.
Within the terminals, the installation of escalators, structural supports for glass elevators, structural steel works for retail and duty free concessionaries, structural work for the baggage handling (departure area) and installation of three carousel structural supports is complete.
While work on the runway has been completed, the airfield lighting cabling work is nearing completion.
Paving work at the taxiway is also complete. At the air traffic control tower, structural work has been completed and the top cabin aluminium frame work is in progress.
The earth work for the main access road is nearing completion and construction of underpass is on.