Jaipur airport modernization set for take off

Thru Asia Times Online

The Civil Aviation Ministry has drawn up a Rs 50 billion (US$1.1 billion) modernization plan for 15 airports, apart from the four metros.

'We have worked out plans to redo the 15 airports and everything would be in place by end 2006,' Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Saturday.

In an informal chat with media, Patel said the funds required to modernize airports, including the in Jaipur, Udaipur, Lucknow and Bhubaneswar, could also be raised through government bonds.