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 was planned at the site as part of the proposed training infrastructure. The ministry of civil aviation had earlier clarified that there was no proposal to restore passenger services at the old terminal. In response to a question raised by Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari during a Lok Sabha session, the minister of state for civil aviation stated that the building had already been repurposed for several operational and administrative functions. The MP had also pointed out that the extensively upgraded facility had remained virtually idle since the inauguration of the new terminal in September 2015. Tewari had further sought details of the expenditure incurred on reconstruction, renovation, and refurbishment of the terminal between 2010 and 2014. Responding to the query, the minister informed the Parliament that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had spent Rs.43.86 crore on rebuilding and refurbishing the old terminal during that period.HTC...