Larsen and Toubro

Kempegowda International Airport

BIAL

integrated

Weeks after(L&T) bagged the Rs 3,035.9 crore contract for the construction of the second terminal (T2) at, a ground-breaking ceremony was held on Thursday to mark the start of construction.If the project is not finished before March 31, 2021, L&T andwill invite penalties from the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority of India.Terminal 2 will be built in two phases. The first phase, covering 255,000 square metres, will cater to 25 million passengers per annum (MPPA), while the second phase of T2 – still in planning stage - will be built for an additional 20 MPPA. BIAL has said that T2 is being designed as anterminal for both domestic and international passengers.US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed T2, while Turner International will be the PMC for this expansive project.There are 340 days left to KIA’s second runway being operational. The second runway can cater to all types of aircraft, including A380, in all weather conditions.On October 23, KIA broke the record for most number of passengers handled by KIA on a single day, with 100,161 passengers using the facilities.