Chennai (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the state-of-the-art New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) at the Chennai airport.
Prime Minister Modi met Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, Chief Minister MK Stalin, Union Civil Aviation and Steel Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Information and Broadcasting L Murugan and Inaugurated NITB of about Rs 1,260 crore in the presence of others.
With the existing terminals, the airport will meet the current capacity of 23 MPPA and a combined annual capacity of 35 MPPA to 30 MPPA (million passengers per annum) with the completion of the second phase.
Spread over an area of 1,36,295 square metres, NITB Phase 2 houses an impressive array of airport facilities. With 100 check-in counters, 108 immigration counters, 17 elevators, 17 escalators, 06 baggage reclaim belts and more, passengers are guaranteed a seamless experience inside the terminal.
The area is envisaged in two phases at a cost of Rs 2,467 crore with NITB 2,20,972 sqm.
Earlier, Governor Ravi and Chief Minister Stalin and others welcomed Modi.
–IANS
