Guwahati: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport here will get its second cargo terminal to cater to a rise in cargo movement to and from the Northeast.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra laid the foundation stone for Common User Domestic Cargo Terminal-II (CUDCT) at the airport on Friday afternoon.

The salient feature of the cargo complex includes enhancing the air cargo capacity of the airport to 12,000 MT annually. This cargo terminal is scheduled to be completed by next year.

Senior AAI officials and airline representatives were also present.

Guwahati airport being the major airport of the Northeast has witnessed a growth in cargo movement at a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent for the last 10 years.

Inbound cargo at the airport stands at 11,300 MT while the outbound cargo stands at 5,700 MT in 2016-17.

CUDCT-I was commissioned in December 2017, which has state-of-the-art facilities such as dedicated cold storage, valuable storage, modern X-ray machine and an electronic weighing machine, to cater to the emerging potential of perishable cargo, e-commerce and general air cargo.