Gujarat's first green international airport ready for take off

Vadodara: Come August and people of Vadodara could fly to near-by international destinations from the city airport itself.
The city will soon get an international airport, which is touted to be the Gujarat's first and country's second 'green' airport after Chandigarh's terminal.
The progress on the new international terminal is being directly monitored by the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who preferred Varanasi over Vadodara constituency after winning the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
In fact, Modi himself is expected to inaugurate the airport, which is four times bigger than the current one at Harni.
Moreover, the airport has been rated by Green Ratings of International Habitat Assessment (GRIHA), the highest national rating for green buildings conceived by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and developed jointly with the ministry of new and renewable energy.
"All major works will be completed by end of this month and the airport will be fully ready by July end. PMO is directly monitoring the progress and PM may inaugurate it in August," said N K Shukla, general manager (projects).