Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited

Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited
Infrastructure
Area served
 India
Key people
 Mr. Partha Ghosh (Managing Director)
Website www.bengalaero.com

About Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited

Established in 2007, Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited is headquartered in India.[1] It is a specialized infrastructure company that identifies and develops Aerotropolis projects.[2]

Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited is a partnership between Partha Ghosh, Utsav Parekh, Ram Ratan Modi and Changi Airport International, IL&FS Airports, and West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited (WBIDC).[3][4] Changi Airport has a stake of 36.32 percent.[5] IL&FS Airports Limited owns 11.71 per cent while Partha Ghosh, Utsav Parekh and Ram Ratan Modi together hold 50.95 per cent.[6] WBIDC owns 1.02 per cent.[7]

Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited is developing India’s first Aerotropolis in Durgapur called Sujalaam Skycity.[8] It is present on the Golden Quadrilateral on National Highway 2.[9] Sujalaam is situated at a distance of 180 km from Kolkata.[10] Townland Group is undertaking urban planning, Tata consulting Engineers is undertaking infrastructural development and STUP, France is overseeing road planning and traffic development.[11] Larsen & Toubro (L&T) CE is constructing drains, roads, bridges, sewage treatment plants and water-supply networks.[12]

Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited has finished the development of Sujalaam’s airport called Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport.[13] It has created the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport over an abandoned World War 2 strip in the Andal district.[14] The airport has been created as per Aerodrome Reference Code 4C and has a runway length of 2,800 m + 45 m – which can be extended to 3315 m.[15] This runway is capable of handling Airbus A 319/320 and Boeing 737-800 aero planes.[16] The design, development and management has been undertaken by Changi Airport Planners and Engineers, Singapore.[17]

Controversy

The West Bengal allotted BAPL 1,820 acres of land in 2011 worth INR 10,000 crore for the construction of the airport city.[18] However, the government had to rework the land transfer as it was found that the allotted land was already leased to Coal India’s subsidiary Eastern Coalfields Limited.[19]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=42725861
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bengal-Aerotropolis-Projects-forays-into-realty-sector/articleshow/40606698.cms
  3. ↑ http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/bapl-looks-at-ludhiana-for-setting-up-greenfield-int-l-airport/53915.html
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/changi-airport-to-raise-stake-in-bengal-aerotropolis-projects/article6334781.ece
  5. ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-01-06/news/28440234_1_airport-city-project-bapl-pragati-social-infrastructure
  6. ↑ http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/bapl-looks-at-ludhiana-for-setting-up-greenfield-int-l-airport/53915.html
  7. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/west-bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-inaugurates-durgapur-delhi-flight/articleshow/50086762.cms
  8. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bengal-Aerotropolis-Projects-forays-into-realty-sector/articleshow/40606698.cms
  9. ↑ http://www.bigbullsrealty.com/sujalaam-sky-city-durgapur.html
  10. ↑ http://aamarcity.com/article/andal-airport-sujalam-skycity-inaugaration/
  11. ↑ http://durgapuradda.com/all-news/durgapur-news-breaking-latest-updated/work-for-the-airport-at-durgapur-aerotropolis-is-nearing-compleion.html
  12. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/bapl-begins-infrastructure-development-work-at-andal-airport-city/article7550331.ece
  13. ↑ https://marginalmatters.in/tag/air-india-flight-schedule-from-and-to-andal-airport/
  14. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/air-pockets-aplenty-for-bengal-aerotropolis-115021701245_1.html
  15. ↑ http://www.constructionworld.in/News.aspx?news=Airborne!&nid=GlPXNSD8JZgTKMpPSFd7LA==
  16. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Aerotropolis-to-bank-on-service-not-size/articleshow/11831700.cms
  17. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-s-first-private-greenfield-airport-at-andal-set-to-start-flights-115051600532_1.html
  18. ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-17/news/28427765_1_airport-city-project-bapl-first-phase
  19. ↑ http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dZEvv1aFSTk0zWTXmQabhP/West-Bengal-govt-to-rework-land-transfer.html
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