A total of 52 workers, all involved in the construction work of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, were placed under home quarantine after they tested positive for Covid-19.
Confirming the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday, Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Md Mofidur Rahman, said: “We have taken all kinds of measures to protect the health of all the officials and workers involved in this extension project.
“And as a part of those measures, project officials have been instructed to check the health conditions of the construction workers every day before they start working.”
“As of Wednesday, as many as 51 construction workers involved in this extension project have tested positive for the deadly virus. All of them have been put under home quarantine,” he added.
Contacted, Abdul Malek, chief engineer of the project, said: “Construction work of Dhaka airport’s third terminal is progressing despite the Covid-19 pandemic. It will take us another three and a half years to complete this extension project.”
The airport terminal construction project is one of the development projects undertaken by the present government. The terminal, which is under construction at a cost of around Tk 21,000 crore, will have all kinds of modern facilities.
Earlier on December 29, 2019, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's third terminal, worth Tk21,300 crore, to significantly increase passenger and cargo capacity.
The three-storey third terminal building, designed by Rohani Baharin of internationally renowned CPG Corporation (Private) Limited Singapore, will have a floor space of 230,000 square metres.
It will have 115 check-in counters, including 15 self-service kiosks, 66 departure immigration counters, including 10 automatic passport control counter, 59 arrival immigration desks, including five automatic check-in counter, and 19 check-in arrival counters, while 16 arrival baggage belts will also be set up.
According to the project design, the third terminal will have 12 boarding bridges and conveyer belts each.
