patna work on construction of a new swanky terminal building at jayaprakash narayan international airport with an expenditure of rs 1216 crore is expected to be completed by december next year so far 37 of the work has been completed the project got delayed due to several factors especially covid pandemicspread over 65000 square metre the new terminal building once operational will serve 80 lakh passengers per annum the existing terminal building spread over 12000 square metre has the capacity to handle 25 lakh passengers annually the stateoftheart building will have a departure lounge on the first floor and an arrival area on the ground floor the departure lounge will be well connected with the arrival through lifts and a staircasethe new building will have 52 checkin counters an inline baggage handling system five conveyor belts and aerobridges its interiors will highlight the rich culture art and heritage of bihark s vijayan general manager engineering projects aaipatna said work has been going on in different sections of the terminal building simultaneously the workers have been laying the slabs for the first floor from the ground floor the work was hampered owing to the covidinduced lockdown as we faced shortage of materials and manpower he addedvijayan said the auxiliary buildings which is also part of the expansion plan will be ready by june these buildings include technical block fire station cargo complex and air traffic control tower residential quarters and the multilevel car parking mlcp outdated equipment like dvor and ils cat i are being replaced with highend machines different works are going on simultaneously for the redevelopment of the airport vijayan addedthe g5 mlcp building in 3 lakh square feet area will manage 750 vehicles and the top floor will be for commercial purposes the parking facility will be connected with the departure lounge of the new terminal building through link bridge for pedestrian movementthe upcoming terminal building will be a 4star griharated and energyefficient building the ambitious project includes construction of new terminal building auxiliary buildings and apron with 14 aircraft parking bays