The civil aviation regulatory body – Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) – today signed a contract with China National Aero Technology International Engineering Corporation to rehabilitate the runway and taxiway at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Four international firms had submitted their applications for the rehabilitate the runway and taxiway at the international airport. Of the four international firms that had submitted their applications the a state-owned enterprise of China was the lowest bidder and obtained the project worth Rs 3.78 billion, according to chief of the TIA Runway and Taxiway Rehabilitation Project Baburam Poudel.
"According to the agreement, the Chinese contractor will have to complete the runway and taxiway maintenance works within 18 months starting today," he said, adding that the contractor has been given the mandate to complete rehabilitating the 3,050-metre runway by next June, in the first phase. “After the completion of the runway maintenance, the contractor will have to begin the rehabilitation process of taxiway at TIA."
The Tourism Ministry has also decided to close the TIA for 10 hours – from 10pm to 8am – every day for the runway maintenance works from April, when the construction works of the runway begin.
The government is upgrading the sole runway at TIA as it started developing frequent cracks and potholes since the last few years, affecting many incoming and outbound flights along with other security issues.
The government had designed the runway rehabilitation project in 2014, though it could not move ahead but with the agreement today the runway rehabilitation is expected to complete on time by April.
Four international firms had submitted their applications for the rehabilitate the runway and taxiway at the international airport. Of the four international firms that had submitted their applications the a state-owned enterprise of China was the lowest bidder and obtained the project worth Rs 3.78 billion, according to chief of the TIA Runway and Taxiway Rehabilitation Project Baburam Poudel.
"According to the agreement, the Chinese contractor will have to complete the runway and taxiway maintenance works within 18 months starting today," he said, adding that the contractor has been given the mandate to complete rehabilitating the 3,050-metre runway by next June, in the first phase. “After the completion of the runway maintenance, the contractor will have to begin the rehabilitation process of taxiway at TIA."
The Tourism Ministry has also decided to close the TIA for 10 hours – from 10pm to 8am – every day for the runway maintenance works from April, when the construction works of the runway begin.
The government is upgrading the sole runway at TIA as it started developing frequent cracks and potholes since the last few years, affecting many incoming and outbound flights along with other security issues.
The government had designed the runway rehabilitation project in 2014, though it could not move ahead but with the agreement today the runway rehabilitation is expected to complete on time by April.
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