TIA runway to be restored under $28m project - The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan) plans to rehabilitate the runway at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) as it has been affecting smooth operation of aircraft due to repeated occurrences of cracks in the pavement. Caan’s board has directed the management to proceed with the project only after settling an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities concerning the construction of a helipad and overlaying runways. Caan has allocated $ 28 million to begin improvement work on the 3,050-m runway this year. In July 2011, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had asked the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to probe irregularities and punish those involved after the newly-built helipad at TIA crumbled only four months after its construction and the runway overlay caved in. The helipad cost Rs 27 million and th...
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:53:13 +0000
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