Lok Sabha Question No. 578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Air and Road Connectivity in North East
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No.578

To be answered on

Wednesday, February 6, 2019/Magha 17, 1940 (Saka)

## Question

## Air and Road Connectivity in North East

## 578. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether increased air and road connectivity in recent years has increased tourism in the North East Region;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of roads and highways constructed in the region in the past four years; and
- (d) the  details  of  air  connectivity  increased  in  the  region  during  the  above period?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

(a) and (b):  As per available information, foreign and domestic tourist arrivals in North Eastern States has increased from 77.71 lakh in the year 2016 to 95.47 lakh in the year 2017 (22.85% increase).

(c)  :  As  per  information  available,  the  roads  and  highways  constructed  in  the  North Eastern Region in the past four  years include 15,187 km of road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), 1652.86 km of road under Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways  roads and 669.79 km of road under schemes of North Eastern Council.

(d): The details of air connectivity increased in North-East is at Annexure-I.

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## NORTH EAST AIRPORTS & AIR CONNECTIVITY

|      |                                 | 2015                      | 2015                                                                                                                 | 2018                      | 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No | Name of the airport             | No.of movements (Arv+Dep) | Cities connected                                                                                                     | No.of movements (Arv+Dep) | Cities connected                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 1    | AGARTALA (Tripura)              | 174                       | Kolkata, Imphal, Guwahati                                                                                            | 178                       | Bangalore, Kolkata, Guwahati, Imphal                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2    | GUWAHATI (Assam)                | Dom-580                   | Kolkata, Delhi, Agartala, Aizwal, Bagdogra, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Jorhat, Silchar, Bangalore, Mumbai, Lilabari, Chennai | Dom-1158                  | Aizwal, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Hyderabad, Imphal, Agartala, Bagdogra, Lilabari, Silchar, Passighat, Jaipur, Jorhat, Chennai, Nagpur, Pakyong, Patna, Tezpur, Varanasi |
| 2    |                                 | Intl-10                   | Bangkok, Paro                                                                                                        | Intl-26                   | Bangkok, Paro                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 3    | AIZWAL (Mizoram)                | 44                        | Kolkata, Imphal, Guwahati                                                                                            | 36                        | Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati,Imphal                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 4    | DIBRUGARH (Assam)               | 52                        | Kolkata, Guwahati, Dimapur, Delhi                                                                                    | 70                        | Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 5    | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)              | 24                        | Kolkata, Dibrugarh                                                                                                   | 26                        | Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6    | IMPHAL (Manipur)                | 120                       | Kolkata, Agartala, Aizwal, Guwahati                                                                                  | 226                       | Aizwal, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad,Agartala                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 7    | SILCHAR (Assam)                 | 78                        | Kolkata, Guwahati, Tezpur                                                                                            | 106                       | Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 8    | JORHAT (Assam)                  | 14                        | Kolkata, Guwahati                                                                                                    | 34                        | Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9    | LILABARI (Assam)                | 8                         | Guwahati                                                                                                             | 36                        | Guwahati, Passighat, Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 10   | TEZPUR (Assam)                  | 6                         | Silchar, Guwahati                                                                                                    | 6                         | Guwahati                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 11   | BARAPANI (SHILLONG) (Meghalaya) | 12                        | Kolkata                                                                                                              | 14                        | Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 12   | PASSIGHAT (Arunachal Pradesh)   | -                         | -                                                                                                                    | 8                         | Guwahati, Lilabari                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 13   | PAKYONG (Sikkim)                | -                         | -                                                                                                                    | 28                        | Kolkata, Guwahati                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

Annexure-I