L&T takes up ₹3,000 cr airport project

Country's engineering and construction giant, Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) has bagged the contract to construct the first phase of the second terminal at Kempegowda International Airport Ltd (KIAL) in Bengaluru. The company, which constructed the first and second runway at the Bengaluru airport, has signed an agreement to develop the first phase of the second terminal at KIAL, scheduled to be completed by March 2021. After the completion of the phase one of Terminal 2, or T2, the combined capacity of the Bengaluru airport would rise to around 45 million passengers per annum, said official sources, elaborating that the as one of the fastest growing airports in the country, the Bengaluru airport has seen its passenger capacity increase steadily since it began operations in 2008.