Lok Sabha Question No. 3815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Construction of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M. Selvaraj, A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

3815

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. (To be answered on the March 2021) I8th

## CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORTS

3815.

SHRI M; SELVARAJ DR A. CHALLAKUMAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop/ construct airports in various States of the country;
- the number of airports out 0f these proposed to be developed into international standards;
- (6) if s0, the details thereof; State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether various States have requested for enhanced aviation facilities in their areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) and (b): Development %f airports is an ongoing process and is undertaken commercial viability socio-economic considerations, traffic demand/willingness of airlines to operate to/from such airports. The Government of india has accorded 'in-principle' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely Mopa in Goa; Navi Mumbai; Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Bijapur, Hassan; Kalaburagi and Shimoga in Karnataka, Datia (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal in\_ Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal; Pakyong in Sikkim; Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh: Out %f these, five airports namely; Shirdi' Durgapur, Pakyong, Kannur and Kalaburagi have already been operationalized.

- (c): Declaration of an airport as an International airport depends upon the

traffic potential and the demand from airlines for %peration %f international flights besides provision o Ground Lighting Facilities; Instrument Landing System, adequate runway length; Immigration; Health and Animal & Plant Quarantine services etc: Out %f Z1 airports, which have been accorded inprinciple' approval, Mopa in Goa,Navi Mumbai and Shirdi in Maharashtra; Kushinagar and Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat; Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh and Kannur in Kerala have been approved for development as international airports:

(d) and (e): Besides developing/ constructing Greenfield airports; Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation has iaunched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) in October, 2016 with the objective to facilitate stimulate regional air connectivity to  underserved and unserved airports in the country and making air travel affordable to the masses. The revival of airstripslairports is "demand driven' depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions. Under the scheme; as o 08.03.2021, 49 airports, 2 water aerodromes and 5 heliports have been revived/developed The list of these airports/ heliports/ water aerodromes is at Annexure:

## Annexure referred to in the reply to part (d) and (e) of Lok Sabha UQ No. 3815 due for reply on 18.03.2021

## List 0f RCS Airports/ Heliports/ Water-aerodromes operationalized as on 08.03.2021

| S No_   | State            | Airport                               |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa (Underserved)                  |
| 2       | Assam            | Jorhat (Underserved)                  |
| 3_      | Assam            | Lilabari Underserved;                 |
| 4_      | Assam            | Tezpur (Underserved)                  |
| 5       | Bihar            | Darbhanga                             |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh     | Jagdalpur                             |
|         | Chhattisgarh     | Bilaspur                              |
| 8_      | Daman & Diu      | Diu (Underserved)                     |
| 9_      | Gujarat          | Bhavnagar (Underserved)               |
| 10.     | Gujarat          | Jamnagar (Underserved)_               |
| 11_     | Gujarat          | Kandla                                |
| 12.     | Gujarat          | Mundra                                |
| 13.     | Gujarat          | Porbandar (Underserved)               |
| 14      | Gujarat          | Statue of Unity Water aerodrome       |
| 15.     | Gujarat          | Sabarmati River Front Water aerodrome |
| 16.     | Haryana          | Hissar                                |
| 17.     | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla                                |
| 18_     | Himachal Pradesh | Kullu Underserved)                    |
| 19.     | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved)                 |
| 20.     | Karnataka        |                                       |
| 21_     | Karnataka        | Mysore                                |
| 22.     | Karnataka        | Vidyanagar                            |
| 23.     | Karnataka        | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)                  |
| 24_     | Karnataka        | Bidar                                 |
| 25.     | Kerala           | Kannur                                |
| 26,     | Pradesh Madhya   | Gwalior (Underserved)                 |
| 27.     | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon_                              |
| 28.     | Maharashtra      | Kolhapur                              |
| 29.     | Maharashtra      | Nanded                                |
| 30.     | Maharashtra      | Qzar (Nasik)                          |
| 31 _    | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)                |

| S No.   | State            | Airport                   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 32 .    | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved      |
| 33.     | Odisha           | Jharsuguda                |
| 34.     | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved) |
| 35.     | Punjab           | Adampur                   |
| 36.     | Punjab           | Bhatinda                  |
| 37 .    | Punjab           | Ludhiana                  |
| 38.     | Punjab           | Pathankot                 |
| 39.     | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                   |
| 40.     | Rajasthan        | Jaisalmer                 |
| 41_     | Rajasthan        | Kishangarh                |
|         | Sikkim           | Pakyong                   |
| 43_     | Tamil Nadu       | Salem                     |
| 44.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra Underserved)         |
| 45.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Allahabad Underserved)    |
| 46.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Kanpur(Chakeri            |
| 47 _    | Uttar Pradesh    | Hindon                    |
| 48.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Bareilly                  |
| 49_     | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved)   |
| 50.     | Uttarakhand      | Pithoragarh_              |
| 51_     | Uttarakhand      | Sahastradhara Heliport    |
| 52      | Uttarakhand      | Chinyalisaur Heliport     |
| 53.     | Uttarakhand      | Gaucher Heliport          |
| 54      | Uttarakhand      | New Tehri Heliport        |
| 55.     | Uttarakhand      | Srinagar Heliport         |
| 56,     | West Bengal      | Durgapur(Underserved)     |