Sewage channel under airport runway to be revamped at a cost of Rs 93 crore in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) have been working to finalise a design to construct an underground drainage canal attached with a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to manage the natural drainage canal that passes under a section of the runway inside the Coimbatore International Airport.
The airport authorities said the project is estimated at a cost of Rs 93 crore by the civic body and discussions are on to decide between the box culvert method and the pipeline method to lay piplelines for the discharge of treated sewage out of the airport campus.
