PATNA, June 10 -- Dissatisfied with the pace of work, the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought an action-taken report (ATR), with timeline to complete all unfinished tasks at the new integrated building of the Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in Patna that became operational on June 3, after its formal inauguration by the prime minister on May 29. Among the major works pending are the construction of the remaining four of the five passenger boarding bridges (PBB), also known as aerobridges, and five of the total 11 parking bays. AAI expects them to be ready in the next six months, after demolishing the old terminal building. The new terminal building, built at over Rs.1,200 crore, has come in for severe criticism over its poor planning, execution and pending work, as well as the haste by AAI in taking over the unfinished building. AAI chairman Vipin Kumar, on June 7, shot off an email to his lower formations, seeking a status of all unfinished work and timeline for their completion. AAI has sought specific details about passenger baggage arrival timings, maintenance and cleanliness, condition of toilets, including water supply in taps, serviceability of sensors, besides overall passenger comfort, including air conditioning, signage and functionality of essential passenger services. The airport director of Patna has also been tasked to identify gaps, impacting passenger satisfaction, and take immediate corrective actions to resolve them. The AAI headquarters had even threatened to blacklist the Telangana-based firm executing the work at the new terminal, as it was dissatisfied with the manner the work was being done, said people familiar with the development. Several deficiencies have been pointed out inside the terminal building. To mention a few, some washrooms do not have water supply or their pipelines are choked, sensor-fitted taps with soap dispenser and urinals are faulty, hand driers do not have power connection, seats of western commode are broken, mirrors and tiles are either cracked or broken, water seeps from the ceiling leading to dampening of the false ceiling, the footrest of India-style lavatories are at a lower level than the floor. There were complaints of poor finishing, as unfilled gaps exist between sanitary fittings and the tiles on walls and floors. Many sensor-fitted sliding doors were also non-functional, primarily due to lack of power connection. Water seepage has also been reported from the basement in the baggage area and near the mural depicting the Chhath festival in the arrival hall of the terminal building, besides a gap in the mushroom-shape false ceiling in the departure area. An advance security team of the PM from the Special Protection Group had asked AAI to furnish a structural stability certificate after it found a section of the false ceiling sagging near the escalator of the security hold area (SHA) at the departure area. They also pointed to gaps around the railings of the escalator in the SHA and lack of staircase alongside escalator for emergency evacuation. The X-ray baggage scanning machines at the SHA did not have an automatic tray retrieval system (ATRS), which was approved for the new terminal. Issues have recently been flagged regarding the lack of uniform air conditioning system in the new terminal. Efforts to reach the AAI chairman for comments through calls and text messages on Monday proved futile. The AAI also did not respond to queries emailed by HT on May 27 and June 6....