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  State-of-the-art airport terminal opens in India

_A monitor report
New Delhi : A multi-billion-dollar airport terminal in New Delhi has been opened recently. The shiny glass-and-steel symbols the country's aspirations as an emerging global power.

The state-of-the-art hub, which cost nearly three billion dollars and can handle 34 million passengers a year, was showcased at a special ceremony by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of its mid-July public opening. It highlights Inida's resolve to bridge the infrastructure deficiencies, he said.

The project was an "outstanding example" of public-private partnership built in time for New Delhi's hosting of the Commonwealth Games in October, the terminal sprawls over four square kilometres and boasts more than 90 automated walkways and 78 aerobridges, built by a workforce of 40,000, is India's third world-class airport after Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said at the inauguration ceremony that the project is a demonstration of what India is truly capable of. He was addressing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, which was also attended by ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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