<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new integrated terminal building (NITB) of the Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who reached the airport, unveiled a statue of V D Savarkar on the premises and took a tour of the establishment.</p>.<p>He was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation, General (Retd.) V K Singh.</p>.<p>The building is shaped like a shell, depicting the natural environs of the islands.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/hubballi-dharwad/hubballi-airport-273-crore-okayed-for-terminal-expansion-1226755.html">Hubballi Airport: ₹273 crore okayed for terminal expansion</a></strong></p>.<p>The entire terminal will have 100 per cent natural lighting for 12 hours a day which will be achieved through skylights on the roof, they said.</p>.<p>Due to a surge in passenger traffic, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) constructed the NITB at an estimated cost of Rs707.73 crores.</p>.<p>With a total built-up area of 40,837 sq metres, the new terminal building will have the capacity to handle 1,200 passengers during peak hours and around 40 lakh passengers annually.</p>.<p>The three-storey building will be equipped with 28 check-in counters, three passenger boarding bridges and four conveyor belts.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new integrated terminal building (NITB) of the Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who reached the airport, unveiled a statue of V D Savarkar on the premises and took a tour of the establishment.</p>.<p>He was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation, General (Retd.) V K Singh.</p>.<p>The building is shaped like a shell, depicting the natural environs of the islands.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/hubballi-dharwad/hubballi-airport-273-crore-okayed-for-terminal-expansion-1226755.html">Hubballi Airport: ₹273 crore okayed for terminal expansion</a></strong></p>.<p>The entire terminal will have 100 per cent natural lighting for 12 hours a day which will be achieved through skylights on the roof, they said.</p>.<p>Due to a surge in passenger traffic, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) constructed the NITB at an estimated cost of Rs707.73 crores.</p>.<p>With a total built-up area of 40,837 sq metres, the new terminal building will have the capacity to handle 1,200 passengers during peak hours and around 40 lakh passengers annually.</p>.<p>The three-storey building will be equipped with 28 check-in counters, three passenger boarding bridges and four conveyor belts.</p>