Chitwan, November 28
Bharatpur Airport in Chitwan is being closed for 10 days for runway overlay and construction of additional parking bays. According to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal’s office in Bharatpur, the airport will remain shut from December 1 till December 10.
Chief of the airport, Pawan Gautam, says that all airline operators have been informed about the closure of the airport for the 10 days. The initial plan was to fly half of the daily flights. However, the airline operators felt that if work was done in one go, it would be completed much quicker, he informs.
The runway if being overlaid as it has a few potholes which can cause accidents, informs the project in-charge Himjyoti Thapa.
Thapa says that they cannot work during the night as locals oppose the idea. According to him, the locals have told them not to bring asphalt from Jugedi during the dark.
The runway has not been overlaid for the past two decades. Now it is important to do it, also considering the Visit Nepal Year 2020, he states.
Gautam, however, informs that an alternate runway is being readied for emergency flights. “The Meghauli Airport in west Chitwan can be used for that. We are cutting the grass and working on it now,” shares Gautam, adding that helicopters could land at Bhatarpur Airport itself.
The total cost of the project is around Rs 442 million.
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