Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Greenfield Airport Projects
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the February 2017) 2nd

## GREENFIELD AIRPORT PROJECTS

## SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER SHRI M: CHANDRAKASI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- b) the details of the budget estimated for these projects;

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of the four new projects cleared by the Steering Committee on Greenfield Airports;
- whether the Ministry is considering the Committee's recommendation of 'site clearance' for these projects;
- the details regarding Greenfield airport projects approved for execution since notification of the Greenfield airport policy in the country;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof and the implications of the same;
- (9) the number of Greenfield airports completed and progress on other Greenfield airport projects approved in the country; and
- (g) the progress on development of Greenfield airport at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and action being taken to speed up the project?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Government of India (GoD), Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has granted 'in principle' approval for setting up of Greenfield Airport at Dagadarthi Mendal, Nellore Dist ) Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram District near Visakhapatnam and Oravakallu in Kurnool District; Andhra Pradesh and site clearance' approval for setting up of Greenfield Airport at Kothagudem, District Khammam, Telangana in October; 2016.

- (c) &(d): Gol, MoCA has already granted 'in principle' approval which is next stage of 'site clearance' approval' for setting up airports in Andhra Pradesh and 'site clearance' approval for setting up of Greenfield Airport at Kothagudem, District Khammam; Telangana:

(b): The financing of the project is taken care of by the respective airport developer:\_

- (e): Since notification of the Greenfield Airport Policy, Gol has granted "in principle" approval for setting up of the 18 Greenfield airports in the country\_ The list of these airport is as under: in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Mopa

Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Bijapur, Gulbarga; Hasan and Shimoga in Karnataka; Kannur in Kerala, Durgapur in West Bengal, Dabra in Madhya Pradesh, Pakyong in Sikkim, Karaikal in Puducherry; Kushinagar in Uttar in Vizianagaram District near\_Visakhapatnam and Oravakallu in Kurnool District; Andhra Pradesh. Further, Gol has granted 'site clearance" approval for setting up of the 5 Greenfield airports in the country: The list of these airport is as under: Machiwara, Ludhiana Airport; Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand; Alwar in Rajasthan and Kothagudem in Telangana:

(g): As per the Greenfield Airport Policy, State Government or any private entity needs to submit a proposal in the prescribed format along with the iand details for setting up of Greenfield Airport in the country: Government of India has not received any proposal from the State Government of Tamil Nadu or any other developer for construction of new airport at Sriperumbudur:

(): The airport projects at Andal, Durgapur; West Bengal and Kannur in Kerala have been compieted; Operations at Durgapur airport have commenced o 18th 2015. Trial landing of Kannur airport has also been completed. The progress on other Greenfield Airports is at Annexure I May,\_

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| Sr. No:   | Name of the Project/ Date of Receipt of proposal   | Name of the Promoters                                                                                 | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|           | Airport; Goa Mopa                                  | State Government of Goa                                                                               | Government of   India (Gol)   granted in-principle" for up of Greenfield  airport at in Goa   through  Public Private   Partnership (PPP) in March; 2000. State Government has completed tendering process and the airport has been awarded to the successful bidder Mls GMR Airport Holdings Limited setting Mopa                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2         | Navi Mumbai International airport; Maharashtra     | & Industries Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) (State Govt: of Maharashtra) City | Gol granted in-principle"' approval to Government of Maharashtra (GoM) for up of Greenfield airport at Navi Mumbai airport through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in 2007 . The State Government appointed & Industries Development  Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) as nodal agency for development of this Greenfield airport_ setting May; City                                                                                                                                                             |
| 3         | Sindhudurg Airport; Maharashtra                    | Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) (State Govt: of Maharashtra)                    | The project is at RFP_stage Gol granted In  principle   approval to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), & State of  Maharashtra   entity for   setting up of a Greenfield domestic airport at Sindhudurg in Maharashtra in   Sept: 2008, A SPV, namely IRB Sindhudurg Pvt: Ltd  (ISAPL) was created for the project development and operations The construction                                                                                                                                  |
| 4_        | Bijapur Airport; Karnataka                         | State Government of Karnataka                                                                         | work has already been commenced. Gol granted 'in-principle' approval to Government of Karnataka (GoK) for up of dorestic 2008. Project Development Agreement (PDA) entered into between the State Govt. and a Private Party was terminated due to unviability of the project and dispute among the developers. GoK is developing the airport through its Own resources_ Airports Authority of India (AAI) has agreed to provide technical assistance for supervision of works; without any charges for setting June |
| 5         | Gulbarga Airport; Karnataka                        | State Government of Karnataka                                                                         | development of Airport Project Govt: of India granted in-principal' approval to Govt. of Karnataka (GoK) for establishment of a Greenfield domestic   airport at Gulbarga in 2008. GoK with the PDA went into rough weather and has   been GoK is developing the_airport_through_ its own resources. June,                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

|    |                                        |                                         | (AAI) has   agreed to provide technical assistance for supervision of works, without any charges   for  development of Gulbarga Airport Project: Tender has been awarded on 15.07.2016 for construction work. Work is in progress:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| 6_ | Hassan  Airport; Karnataka             | State Government of Karnataka           | Gol granted in-principal" approval to GoK for establishment of a Greenfield domestic   airport at Hassan in June, 2008. PDA has been signed with the developer and the developer has prepared  Detailed Project   Report   Developer has   requested for the balance land from GoK. AAI conducted site inspection on 17.06.2015 and submitted its report on 16.12.2015 in which AAI has opined that the available 536 acres of land is adequate to take up phase-I development to operate ATR-72 type Aircraft: The State Government is in talks with the developer to start the construction:                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 7  | Shimoga Airport; Karnataka             | State Government of Karnataka           | in June; 2008. PDA has been signed with the developer by GoK. However; the developer requested for an exit from the   project   citing reasons of economic non-feasibility. Accordingly, the State Government has terminated the PDA Work has been stopped due to dispute between partners of developers. The Writ   Petition filed by one of the consortium partner of the developer before Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka is dismissed and one petition is pending: GoK has decided to develop this airport on Public Private Partnership: Tendering process initiated and bid opening was extended up to 07.09.2016. Further course of action whether to g0 for fresh tendering Or for fresh feasibility study is under consideration of GoK,as no bids were received |
| 8  | Datia Airport; Gwalior; Madhya Pradesh | Mls Gwalior Agriculture Company Limited | Gol granted 'in-principle approval to Mls Gwalior Agriculture   Company Limited for up of Greenfield airport at Dabra/Datia, Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh in 2008. After grant of 'in-principle' approval, there is litigation issues involved regarding land acquisition for the project: The matter is pending before Hon'ble Court. The Steering Committee, in its on 05.05.2015, has the in principle' approval of the project in abeyance till the land issues are resolved and the setting Dec , put fully                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    | Pakyong airport, Sikkim                | Airports Authority of India             | land is available to move ahead with the project Gol granted approval to Airports Authority of India (AAI) for of a Greenfield   airport at Pakyong in Sikkim in October;, 2008. AAI has already started construction work. The   progress  of airfield pavement works   including  runway construction at Pakyong Airport is 90%. 40% of the terminal building work has been completed setting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

| 10.   | Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh                                            | Govt; of Pradesh                                                         | Uttar Gol granted in principle approval to State Govt, of Uttar Pradesh for setting up of Greenfield airport at Kushinagar in Sept 2010. The preliminary estimated total cost for developing the minimum specification of the   proposed   international   airport   development works out to Rs 354 crores  Central government has provided support of Rs 70.93 crores   (20 of the project cost) under Viability Funding Scheme The Department of Tourism; Govt  of UP had invited applications from perspective for developing the airport in PPP mode. However; the project could not attract the interests of 'developers   It has now been decided that State Govt  shall develop the airport at its own and AAI shall provide the ANS support/services. Gap developers   |
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| 11_   | Karaikal in Pudducherry                                                | Karaikal Airport Private Limited.                                        | Gol granted in principle approval to M/s Karaikal Airport Pvt. for up of Greenfield International airport at Karaikal region in Puducherry in February, 2011. On account of the non-viability of the airport had requested MoCA to change the   status of the project into a low project: setting developer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 12    | Shirdi in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra-                            | Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (State Govt. of Maharashtra) | Gol granted in principle' approval to Maharashtra Airport  Development   Corporation Ltd. (MADC), a State Govt. of Maharashtra for setting up of a Greenfield airport at Shirdi in 2011.Construction work is in full entity May swing:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 13_   | Dholera Gujarat; Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board              | Dholera International Airport  Company Ltd. (DIACL)                      | Gol granted in principle approval to Dholera International Airport   Company Ltd. (DIACL)   for setting up of a Greenfield   airport at the site near Navagam under 'public use vide   certificate dated 27.01.2016. Village                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 14_   | Dagadarthi Mendal, Andhra Pradesh                                      | Bhogapuran International Airport Corporation Limited (BIACL)             | Gol granted in principle International approval to Bhogapuram Airport  Corporation Limited   (BIACL) for up of Domestic   Greenfield Airport   for public use in Dagadarthi near Nellore vide certificate dated 07.10.2016. setting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 15    | Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram District near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Limited (BIACL)             | Gol granted International approval to Bhogapuram for up of Bhogapuram International Greenfield Airport for publilc use in Vizianagaram District; near Visakhapatnam vide certificate dated 07.10.2016. setting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

| 16.   | Oravakallu in Kurnool District; Andhra Pradesh.   | Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Limited (BIACL)   | Gol granted 'in principle' approval to Bhogapuram for setting up of Orvakal Domestic Greenfield Airport for public use in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh vide certificate dated 07.10.2016.   |
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## site clearance' has been granted

| Sr . No.   | Name of Airport and promoting agency                                                 | Status of the project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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|            | Machiwara; Ludhiana Airport; Punjab, Mls Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) | Site clearance for international airport has been accorded to MIs BAPL on 25.02.2009 . However; the Ministry of Defence has given 'NoC  for Visual Flight Rules (VFR) operations only at proposed airport. Mls BAPL has   requested to reconsider the matter and grant 'NoC" for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations The issue was taken up with Ministry of Defence for reconsidering their condition and changes the same to IFR But   MoD did not agree for the same. The decision of MoD has been conveyed to the Promoter a8 well as the State Government of Punjab. Promoter vide letter dated 18.09.2015 has conveyed without IFR approval, may not proceed further with the project for the time being: they                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 2          | Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | Airports Authority of India is the implementing agency of the project  Mlo Home Affairs and Air Force has given NoC to the project: Mlo Finance has supported the project; however; the funding pattern is not Forest has issued ToR: AAI is in the process of preparation of environment impact assessment Revised details of land area and land cost was sought from the State Government: Since there has been a of more than a year from State Government; the State Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh was requested to convey their standpointlintention regarding development of Greenfield Airport at Hollongi. In a meeting held on 10.06.2016 with Hon'ble CM, Arunachal Pradesh; the State Govt: expressed that are interested in building the Greenfield Airport at Banderdewa and not at Hollongi due to the compensation related issues and attached legal implications   Hence,  it was decided that AAI   shall share feasibility and comparative reports and DPR, if any, in respect of Banderdewa Hollongi sites with Govt: of Arunachal Pradesh, which may then the reports examined and inform their decision within a month: A committee has been constituted for comparative assessment of the proposed sites at Banderdewa and Hollongi on 19th yet delay they get |
|            | Jamshedpur in Jharkhand- proposal of Mls TATA Steel.                                 | July_2016. The report is awaited Site clearance to the proposal of Mls TATA Steel Ltd. for setting up of a Greenfield airport in Jamshedpur has been granted on 11.07.2012. The   promoter has been asked to submit the  application with Detailed   Project   Report (DPRYTEFS for 'in-principle' approval. The same is awaited from the Promoter: However; M/s. TATA Steel Ltd. has stated that the work for the surveys, soil investigations which is required   for  preparation of TEFSIDPR is   delayed due to pending forest clearances and land issues. M/s: TATA Steel Ltd. is following up with the concerned departments of Govt: of Jharkhand and plan to commence the work for preparation of DPR after necessary_permission is accorded along etc ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

|   4 | Kotkasim Tehsil in Alwar district Rajasthan State for Commercial operations under public private partnership mode- Proposal of Mls Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. Limited   | Government of India has granted the site clearance for setting up of a Greenfield   Airport   for  public use near Bhiwadi; District Alwar; Rajasthan subject to some conditions on 18.11.2015. However;  any new Greenfield Airport  requires two stage clearances ie. "Site Clearance" and "in-principle" approval. case of proposed   airport at Bhiwadi; the site clearance has been  granted and further development would depend preparation of DPR, its economic  viability and financial closure subject to the_tin-principle' approval   |
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|   5 | Kothagudem, District Khammam, Telangana.                                                                                                                                                               | site  clearance' for setting up of a Greenfield Airport at Kothagudem, District Khammam, Telangana vide certificate dated 07.10.2016.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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