NEW TERMINAL AT NEW DELHI AIRPORT
June 1st, 2010
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
WITH a vivid metallic facade of mirror-like copper plates and Hindi 'Mudr?' hand sculptures at the arrival lounge of the brand new terminal building, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi is acclaimed by its developers as "the gateway to modern India."
The eighth largest airport terminal in the world, with an annual capacity of 34 million passengers, Terminal 3 is one of various large-scale construction projects in preparation for the Commonwealth Games scheduled for October this year in New Delhi. The ...
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