Chandigarh, March 16 -- The old terminal building at Chandigarh Airport, which has remained closed for passenger flights since the commissioning of the new terminal in 2015, is now being developed into an airport security training institute.

This information was shared by the UT transport department in its action-taken report presented during the UT Administrator's Advisory Council meeting held on Thursday.

The department also informed the council that an airport security lab is planned at the site as part of the proposed training infrastructure. Officials said the old terminal has largely remained unused for commercial passenger services since the inauguration of the new integrated terminal nearly a decade ago.

Instead of reopening it...