Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that the new Integrated Terminal Building with enhanced capacity and world-class facilities is under construction at Airport Authority of India AAI's Pune Airport, which will reduce congestion during peak hours at the airport. It said, AAI has undertaken the construction of the Terminal Building at the cost of 475 crore rupees. The Ministry said, more than 55 per cent of the work has been completed and construction of the new building is likely to be completed by August next year.<br />'' <br />'' The existing terminal building with built-up area of only 22 thousand 300 square metres has the capacity to handle passengers up to Seven Million Passengers per annum MPPA. AAI has undertaken the work for construction of the state-of-the-art New Terminal with massive built up area of more than 5 lakh square feet. The new terminal integrated with the existing terminal, will have a built-up area of 7 lakh 50 thousand Square feet with passenger handling capacity of 16 MPPA.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The swanky new integrated terminal building including old building will be centrally air conditioned with provision of 10 passenger boarding bridges, 72 Check-in Counters and In-line Baggage handling system. The building will be an energy efficient building with Four-Star GRIHA rating. Provision of 36 thousand square feet space for Food and Bevarage and retail outlets has been reserved for refreshment or pleasure of the passengers. A huge canopy on city side of the existing building and new building together will give a magnificent look to the airport from city side.<br />