Srinagar- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Saturday said the maintenance of the runway at the Srinagar International airport here was necessary as the last one was done 15 years ago.
“Every runway needs maintenance. Here, the last maintenance was done 15 years ago. Maintenance of a runway is necessary every 10 years. So, we have taken up the maintenance of the runway at the airport here,” Director, AAI, Srinagar airport, Javed Anjum, told reporters.
The AAI has decided to shut the highway two days a week — Monday and Tuesday — from July, and then for a fortnight in October to carry out the necessary maintenance of the runway.
“Monday and Tuesday are mandatory, and for safe aircraft operations we need safe runways. That is why we are maintaining it. On Monday and Tuesday, we will take up a small portion, then for five days work (flight operations) will go on and flights will operate. Then the next Monday-Tuesday again, we will take up another portion,” Anjum said.
He said that in October, the final work has to be done and so it would become “inevitable” to shut the runway, and therefore flight operations will remain closed for 15 days.
