Rajkot, Mar 6  (DWMN): Anil-Ambani-lead Reliance Group's Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has received the Letter of Award (LOA) from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for construction of a new greenfield Airport at Hirasar in Rajkot district of Gujarat, according to Business Line news paper.

The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract is worth Rs 648 crore, the company said.

The report says, the airport has to be completed within 30 months from the date of issue of letter of award (LoA). The scope of work under the contract includes detailed designing, engineering, procurement and construction of runway, basic strips, turning pads, taxiways, apron, perimeter and other roads, and the remaining airport infrastructure.

“The Hirasar airport project will further strengthens Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s bona fide to be a leader in infrastructure projects,” Arun Gupta, Reliance Infrastructure E&C CEO, said.

The greenfield airport at Hirasar will be located about 28 km from Rajkot, is to be built at a cost of over Rs 1,400 crore. The Centre cleared the construction of the airport next to National Highway (NH-8B) connecting Ahmedabad and Rajkot, nearly 36 km from the existing Rajkot airport, in October 2017. It is planned as a single runway airport for the operation of ‘C’ category aircraft.