<p>Deadline for completion of expansion works of Mangalore Airport is March 2021, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri informed Rajya Sabha, said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Replying to K C Ramamurthy's question, the minister said that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had taken up the work of parallel taxi track - II and expansion of aerobridges at Mangalore airport in Karnataka at an estimated cost of about Rs 98 crore and Rs 95 crore, respectively.</p>.<p>At present, the physical progress of the work of construction of parallel taxi track - II is about 88% and that of expansion of aerobridges is about 65%, Puri said.</p>.<p>However, the airport has been handed over to Public Private Partnership Operator on October 31, 2020.</p>.<p>The momentum of the work was slowed down due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and incessant rains. The projected date of completion for the project is March 2021, he said.</p>
<p>Deadline for completion of expansion works of Mangalore Airport is March 2021, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri informed Rajya Sabha, said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Replying to K C Ramamurthy's question, the minister said that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had taken up the work of parallel taxi track - II and expansion of aerobridges at Mangalore airport in Karnataka at an estimated cost of about Rs 98 crore and Rs 95 crore, respectively.</p>.<p>At present, the physical progress of the work of construction of parallel taxi track - II is about 88% and that of expansion of aerobridges is about 65%, Puri said.</p>.<p>However, the airport has been handed over to Public Private Partnership Operator on October 31, 2020.</p>.<p>The momentum of the work was slowed down due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and incessant rains. The projected date of completion for the project is March 2021, he said.</p>
