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Bangalore April 2 The Bangalore International Airport is 365 days away from the opening date and is seeing fast-paced construction on the Devanahalli site, the company has said.

The Rs 1,930-crore airport is slated to start on April 2, 2008. The consortium of Siemens, L&T and Unique Zurich Airport is building it, along with Airports Authority and the Karnataka Government as equal minority partners. Almost all of the half-a-dozen concessionaires have been signed up.

At the terminal building, major structural concreting works have been completed, with 75 per cent of the roof elements in place.

For the fabrication and erection of the second level walkway, 170 m of the 216 m have been built. Roof glazing and laying of the granite flooring on the first floor are in progress. The air traffic control tower has reached 60 m, with a 5m cabin due to be done. Electrical, fire fighting, plumbing and sanitation works are under way.

The 4,000-m runway is almost half-done; cable for the airfield lights is being laid.

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