Lok Sabha Question No. 3651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Development of Heliports/Helipads
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, KAMLA DEVI PATLE, GANESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT  O['INDIA MINISTRY  OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABIIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3651

(To be answered on the 23ro iltarch 2017)

## DEVELOPMENT OF HELIPORTS/HELIPADS

3651.  SIIRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO  CHAVAN

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

KUNWAR HARIBANSH  SINGH

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR

SIIRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR

SHRI KAPIL MORESIIWAR PATIL

SHRI T. RADIIAKRJSHNAN

SHRI ST]DHEER GUPTA

SIIRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE

SHRI GANESH SINGH

Will the Minister  of CIV L AVIATION ilrEfrfl-ddritff be pleas€d to stat€:-

- (s) whether the Government  has inaugurated  the first int€grated  Ileliport  in
- Delhit
- iii'ii'.o,  the details thereof including  facilities P r-ovid-ed.thereitr  and the X,ffiili  h;Iffi". iiil"rtt  and dep-artures to be handled bv tbls heuport
- Iii to be gcnerat€d  from the said heliport and the steps l;ffii/i;i,i[TJil;'il'y-  ir,. b?'.innl€nt  to set up more Heliports/Helipads  in
- ;;;;ilii;;H; cr""i.-Jtit  has decided to set up thre-e othcr  -Helip-orts iii"uri.r,ed  in Delhi and if so' the details  thereof;
- on dailv basis; 'irr"'"rrir"-.nt vrrious  Darts of the country;
- l""liiii,iit'i "ii"rav lJih*;ir;i  ;;;;e-i  of helipads irr-u"tio"  parts of the countrv-' State/UTwise I?i'iil;;H;[;;h ;;;6;; connected  6v heliport  services in the coutrtrvi
- and (f}whetherlheGovernmentproposestoconstructmorehetipadsinthe lilJil'ili  i;.  ri. a.triii  tt "i"ii"nd th" tt"pt  taken bv the Government  in this regard?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry  of CIVIL AVIATION ildpMddJiil-dudrElif

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a)  &  (b): Yes Madam.  Rohini H€llport  hls been inaugurat€d on 28 February, iOtl. f:lr" heliport  has provisions for operational facilities and Maintenance' Reoair & Oveihaul  (MRO) and the following facilities:

(ii) Four haniers  of 3600 sqm area  (each  hanger with 900 sqm)

(i)'Cenlrslly  eir-condition;d  Passcnger  lerminal building having the capacity to handle 150 passengers

(iii)  Parking  capacity for l2 helicopters

(iv) Fire services.

(ci As per ICAO study - "Economic  benelits of civil avistion: ripples of iio.p"rity",  the output and employment  multipliers of aviation  rre 3'25 and 6,10 respectively.

Thi heliport is designed to handle approximate 140 helicopter operations per dav.

(d) to (0: Miniitry  of Civil Aviation has issued the National Civil Aviation ioticv tXCep-ZOt6),  NCaf has the provision of development offour regional helihirbs  in the Country.  namely  Northern, Western, Etstern and Southern Reeion. A Heliport has'already  been developed  at Rohini, New Delhi. List of totil  number  oi helipads is attached as Annexure  'A'. In compliance with the NCAP-2016, Ministiy of Civil AYiation has lsunch€d Regional ConnectivityScheme,  which inter-alia  permits helicopter operation among th€ States of J&K, Ilimachal Pradesh, Ottarakhand,  North Eastern Region  o{ India' A&N Islsnds and Lakshadweep  Islands. However,  development  of regional air connectivity routes  is demand drivcn and left to mark€t forces, such that airline opeiators undertake assessment  of demand of supply required on a particular  route. Helipads in States/Union  Territories  are gene-rally ionstructed  arld mainttined  by State Government on r€quirement basis.

|      | Jharkhand                    | 16    |
|------|------------------------------|-------|
|      | eni*i piaoesl a iiilng-ana-' | -' 48 |
|      | Jammu d Kishnrir             | st    |
|      | Tamrl ruadu                  | 56    |
| 6    | Haryana                      | 12    |
| f -8 | Andaman & Nicobar            | 19    |
|      | Himachat pridesh             | 186   |
| I    | I\y'adhya pradesh            |       |
| 10   | Rajasthan                    | 33    |
| 11   | oujJLt '.                    | 24    |
| 12   | Uttarakhand                  |       |
| 13   | l\.4izoram                   | 11    |
| 14   | Arunactrit-praiesrr          |       |
|      | Sikk rm                      | 67 17 |
| to   | Ch h;ti iss-a-rh             | 156   |
| 17   | Kerala                       | 10    |
|      | Megn6laya                    | 06    |
| 19   | Tripura                      | 50    |
| 20   | Lakshadweep                  | 12    |
|      | Maharashtra                  | 39    |
|      | Punla b                      |       |
|      | Karnat;ka                    |       |
| 24   | Orissa                       | JE    |
|      | Nagaiand                     | c7    |
|      | [raoipur                     |       |
| 27   | Total                        | 1071  |

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