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New Delhi: Following the intervention of the Planning Commission, the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) yesterday assured the government that the congestion at the capital's airport would be eased by June-end. The agency, however, sought more employees to supervise security and immigration checks.
DIAL authorities, who met Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, briefed him on new infrastructure coming up at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, including a terminal and parking places, which it said would be functional by June-end.
"DIAL has assured us that the congestion would ease by June-end and that there would be significant improvement before the winter," Ahluwalia said.
"Such problems persist worldwide, where expansion works are carried out at the existing airports. That is what is happening here."
Ahluwalia, who called a meeting with the DIAL to review the renovation work after he personally encountered congestion-related problems during a recent visit to the airport, said the government would look into the DIAL demand for more manpower.
Nearly 2,300 Central Industrial Security Force personnel are posted at Delhi airport's domestic and international sections, which together handle about 20.4 million passengers annually.
The number is expected to rise to 37 million by 2010 and 100 million by 2030.
DIAL deputy chairman Kiran Kumar Grandhi said the airport was handling passengers beyond its annual capacity of 12 million.
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