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Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh connected Friday visited the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to reappraisal the lane segregation strategy which has drawn the ire of cab drivers and passengers.
Among cardinal treatment points were the instauration of valet parking successful P4 parking country and instauration of multi-level parking.
The caller measures and overstay charges astatine the accomplishment kerbside came into effect successful December 2025, and determination has been a request from cab drivers and passengers to rotation it back.
During her sojourn to the airport, Ms. Rajneesh, who is besides the Chairperson of the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), interacted with the airdrome officials who explained the caller measures.
What has been done
According to a property merchandise by the Information Department, pursuing the inspection, cardinal decisions were taken to streamline postulation question and heighten rider convenience. Among them are postulation absorption and infrastructure lane capacity.
“At present, the T1 accomplishment gross has 4 pick-up curbs with a full of 12 lanes. While each lane has the capableness to grip 30 vehicles each 90 seconds, the simultaneous accomplishment of implicit 100 vehicles leads to delays of up to 10 minutes. Measures person been initiated to code and mitigate this congestion,” it stated.
Valet parking
The merchandise said that the BIAL has agreed to present valet parking services for backstage vehicles parked successful the P4 parking area, enabling vehicles to beryllium brought to the accomplishment lane wrong 4 minutes. “The timelines for this volition beryllium communicated later,” it said.
With respect to multi-level parking, the BIAL has shared that the existing P4 parking facility, which presently has a capableness of 1,000 vehicles, volition beryllium converted into a multi-level parking installation successful the future.
It was besides discussed that arsenic per the BCAS guidelines, parking is prohibited wrong 100 metres of the accomplishment gate.
No honking zone
The Police Department has been instructed to state this country a “No Honking Zone” and to instrumentality strict enactment against violators. It said that escaped entree would proceed for backstage (white-board) vehicles, portion commercialized (yellow-board) vehicles volition beryllium permitted lone wrong designated zones.
It added that pick-up points for aggregator services, including Namma Yatri and Rapido, person been shifted from P1 and P2 to the P4 area.
“Only vehicles that conscionable the prescribed information and compliance standards, including mandatory constabulary verification, RTO fittingness certification, AIS-140 tracking, functional panic buttons, the Suraksha Mitra app, uniformed drivers, and cleanable vehicles, volition beryllium registered done KSTDC and allowed parking adjacent the accomplishment gate. And 900 permits person already been issued, with provisions to contented much if required,” it added.
It was discussed that inter-terminal and parking shuttle buses would run each 5 minutes. In addition, six specially equipped vehicles with hydraulic facilities person been provided for elder citizens and wheelchair users.
Assistance desk
“A transport assistance table has been acceptable up to usher passengers. Twenty BIAL unit person been deployed to assistance with luggage, and caller directional signage has been installed to guarantee creaseless and casual rider movement,” it said.
“The caller parking and pick-up strategy astatine the airdrome was introduced to code long-standing operational challenges astatine the accomplishment kerb, including unmanaged halts and congestion, and to present a safer, much orderly, and dependable accomplishment acquisition for each passengers,” a BIAL spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that BIAL would proceed to guarantee that accomplishment kerbsides crossed some terminals relation efficiently done disciplined lane management, wide wayfinding, and assisted mobility, portion cautiously balancing safety, abstraction utilisation, and the wide rider experience.
