Bengaluru Oct 3 (IANS) Infrastructure major Larson & Toubro s (L&T) buildings and factories business arm would build the second terminal of the Bengaluru international airport said its operator on Wednesday.
"The Rs 3 036-crore order to construct the airport s terminal-2 has been given to the Building & Factories Business of L&T " said the operator Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) in a statement here.
The operator is a private-cum-public consortium of the decade-old greenfield Kempegowda airport at Devanahalli 35km north of the tech hub.
"The terminal will augment the airport s capacity by 25 million passengers per annum when completed by March 2021 to 45 million from 20 million presently " said BIAL Chief Executive Hari Marar on the occasion.
The project work includes design engineering procurement construction testingAand commissioning of the terminal integrating services and utilities of the airport s systems support facilities and buildings in terminal one.
The L&T arm is constructing the airport s second runway apron and auxiliary buildings.
"The repeat order is a measure of confidence our client has in us to deliver another airport project to international class and quality " said L&T Chief Executive S.N Subrahmanyan in the statement.
The US-based leading architecture and urban planning firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has designed the proposed terminal.
As the country s third busiest after that of New Delhi and Mumbai the Bengaluru airport handled 26.9 million passengers in fiscal 2017-18.
In all 44 Indian and international airlines operate from the airport connecting 46 domestic and overseas destinations daily through the year.
In the consortium Canada s leading financial holding firm Fairfax holds 54 per cent equity Siemens Projects Ventures 20 per cent while the central and state governments hold 13 per cent each through state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Karnataka State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (KSIIDC).

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