Second international airport of nepal "Gautam Buddha International Airport".Which is located in rupandehi,bhairahawa.
August 14- According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the much-delayed upgradation of Gautam Buddha Airport in Bhairahawa has achieved 50 percent of physical progress and the international airport is on track to open by July 2019.
The 50 percent physical progress that the project has achieved is out of 70 percent of the overall civil works. The remaining 30 percent or the second package involves installation of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (ANS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems.
The airport was initially slated to be ready in December 2017.
Of the total project cost, the ADB has provided $58.50 million ($42.75 in loans and $15.75 million in grants), the Opec Fund for International Development (OFID) has provided a $15 million loan and Caan will bear the rest of the cost as counterpart funding.
However, shortages of fuel and building materials due to the months-long Tarai banda in 2015 delayed the upgradation works by six months, and its operation deadline was revised to June 2018.
Subsequently, a dispute over payments between the Chinese contractor and the Nepali sub-contractor Northwest Infra Nepal stalled works at the construction site for more than six months. As a result, the project deadline was extended many times. The last deadline given by the project financer ADB to the Chinese contractor is June 2019.
The national pride project has been envisaged to serve the fast-rising business and industrial hub of Bhairahawa and facilitate international pilgrims to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
After the first phase of upgradation, the airport’s handling capacity will be increased to 760,000 passengers annually.
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