India, Nov. 12 -- The civil terminal at Hindon, as a short-term measure, will be expanded by about 770 square metres (sqms) under a plan to be executed in about nine months after a tender is awarded, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said on Tuesday.

The plan is expected to cost about Rs.8.5 crore, they added.

The civil terminal at Sikandarpur, near the IAF's Hindon air base, is spread over about 22,050 sqm area.

AAI officials said an expansion of nine metres is being taken up currently, and this will accommodate more passengers. "The nine-metre expansion will give us about 770 sqm of space in the present terminal and will help us accommodate about 150 to 450 more passengers. The expansion plan is taken up by AAI. It will ...