Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Encroachment of Land at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED NO. : 90 (To be answered on the February 2017)

## ENCROACHMENT OF LAND AT AIRPORTS

SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIA TION

- (b) if so, the details thereof; airport wise;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether more than 510 acres of airport land under Airports Authority of India is under illegal occupation in the country;
- (c) the reasons behind illegal occupation of the said land and the reasons for not taking action against the guilty persons s0 and far;
- (d) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(a): Madam: Yes;

- (b): Out of the overall land belonging to Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the country, about 1.4%, which is approximately, 798.477 acres of land area is under illegal occupation: The details of encroachment of land at various airports in the country are at Annexure:
- (c) & (d): Majority %f the land area under encroachment, i.e approx: 359 acres is around Mumbai and Juhu Airports which is inhabited by slum dwellers. Further, around 127 acres of land area at Bhopal Airport and 119.82 acres of land area at Hyderabad Airport is also under encroachment Mls Mumbai International Airport Ltd: (MIAL) has entered into a State Government Support Agreement (SGSA) with the Govt: of Maharashtra; in order to remove the encroachment from airport land in cO-ordination with Airports Authority of India (AAT): In case of Bhopal Airport, Govt; of Madhya Pradesh has agreed to exchange 96 acres Of land with AAI and provide an alternate site for the remaining land area. In case of Hyderabad Airport; the land matters are sub-judice. The process of rehabilitation of illegal occupants is a subject matter of the concerned State Govt and the role of AAI and other private airport operators is limited to assistance and persuasion: Nonetheless, AAT has undertaken all efforts to co-ordinate with the concerned State Governments to remove such encroachments:

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

## Details of Encroachment of\_Land at Airports as on 30/06/2016

| S.No.   | Name of Airport   |   Encroachment (in acres= |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 01_     | Bagdogra (ER)     |                    12.91  |
| 02      | Gaya              |                    30.23  |
| 03.     | Kolkata           |                    11.073 |
| 04_     | Portblair         |                     0.14  |
| 05.     | Malda             |                     1.33  |
| 06_     | Neelganj          |                     8.5   |
| 07_     | Dibrugarh (NER)   |                     0.256 |
| 08_     | Guwahati          |                     0.033 |
| 09      | Tezu              |                     4.29  |
| 10      | Allahabad (NR)    |                     3.69  |
| 11.     | Khajuraho         |                     0.247 |
| 12.     | Kota              |                    47.073 |
| 13.     | Lucknow           |                     1.71  |
| 14_     | Shimla            |                     0.005 |
| 15.     |                   |                     0.44  |
| 16.     | Satna             |                    40     |
| 17 .    | Ahmedabad (WR)    |                    11.66  |
| 18.     | Bhopal            |                   127.37  |
| 19.     | Juhu              |                    38.15  |
| 20_     | Dehisar (Mumbai)  |                    12     |
| 21_     | Mumbai            |                   308     |
| 22      | Hyderabad (SR)    |                   119.82  |
| 23      | Puducherry        |                     2.04  |
| 24.     | Tirchy            |                     1.53  |
| 25.     | Vizag:            |                     2.3   |
| 26.     | Nadirgul          |                     2.68  |
| 27 .    | Warangal          |                    11     |
|         | Total             |                   798.477 |

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