Rs 9,500-crore DIAL project to increase airport's capacity goes to L&T

The operator expects that after the expansion, Terminal 1 will have an overall handling capacity of 85 million passengers per year

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) will spend more than Rs 9,500 crore to almost double the capacity of the airport in the next three years. Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won the contract and entrusted with the entire engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work.

Codenamed Phase 3A, the infrastructure expansion would include the construction of a fourth runway, expansion of T1 apron area, and development of dual elevated Eastern Cross Taxiway, said I Prabhakara Rao, deputy managing director, GMR Group, which holds 54 per cent state in DIAL. The project also includes expansion of T3.

Work on the project is