Lok Sabha Question No. 2165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: New Airports under Regional Connectivity Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2165

(To be answered on the July 2019) 4th

## NEW AIRPORTS UNDER REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY SCHEME

2165.

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Union Government has decided to establish new airports as a part of Regional Connectivity Scheme and if s0, the details thereof;
- whether the Union and the State Governments are jointly bearing the expenses of these projects;
- (b) the funds allocated and released for such works during the iast three years;
- (d) if so; whether any scheme is proposed for completion of the said projects and if
- (e) the details of regional airports under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (e): Construction of New/Greenfield airports is not covered under the provision of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) , Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal on 06 March, 2017 for revival of existing unserved underserved airports airstrips of the State Governments; Airports Authority of India and Civil Enclaves at an estimated cost o f Rs \_ 4500 Crore\_ However, the revival of these unserved/underserved airports is 'demand driven depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions.

Under RCS-UDAN version 1.0,,2.0 and 3.0, 106 airports/waterdromes (76 Unserved; 20 Underserved and 10 waterdromes) and 31 heliports have been awarded: List of such airports/waterdromes and heliports are at Annexure A and B respectively. Out of these, 39 RCS UDAN Airports (16 underserved & 23 unserved) have been revived/developed for operationalization of RCS flights The list of these airports is at Annexure C.

- so, the details thereof; and

## Annexure-A

| S No.   | State             | Owner                     | Airport                                    | Status      |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 1       | Andaman Nicobar   | INS                       | Campbell (3) Bay                           | Unserved    |
| 2       |                   | IAF                       | Car Nicobar (3)                            | Unserved    |
| 3       |                   | INS                       | (3) Shibpur                                | Unserved    |
| 4_      |                   | INS                       | Havelock ( W-3)                            | Unserved    |
| 5_      |                   | INS                       | Island (W-3) Long                          | Unserved    |
|         |                   | INS                       | Neil Port (W-3)                            | Unserved    |
| 7_      | Andhra Pradesh    | AAI                       | Kadapa                                     | Underserved |
| 8.      |                   | AP Airports Dev. Ltd Corp | Kurnool (3)                                | Unserved    |
| 9       |                   | State Govt.               | Parkasam Barrage (W-3)                     | Unserved    |
| 10.     | Arunachal Pradesh | IAF                       | Passighat (2)                              | Unserved    |
|         |                   | AAI                       | Tezu                                       | Unserved    |
| 12      | Assam             | AAI                       | Rupsi                                      | Unserved    |
|         |                   | IAF (CE AAI)              | Jorhat (2                                  | Underserved |
|         |                   | AAI                       | Lilahari (2                                | Underserved |
| 15.     |                   | IAF (CE AAI)              | Tezpur (2)                                 | Underserved |
| 16_     |                   | State Govl                | Guwahati River Front W-3)                  | Unserved    |
| 17.     |                   |                           | Umrangso Reservoir (W 3)                   | Unserved    |
| 18.     | Bihar             | IAF                       | Darbhunga (2)                              | Unserved    |
| 19.     | Chattisgarh_      | AAI                       | Bilaspur                                   | Unserveci   |
| 20.     |                   | State Govl                | Ambikapur                                  | Unserved    |
| 21_     |                   | JSPL                      | Raigarh (Jindal)                           | Unserved    |
| 22      |                   | State Govt:               | Jagdalpur                                  | Unserved    |
| 23 .    | Daman & Diu       | AAI                       | Diu                                        | Underserved |
| 24      |                   | AAI                       | Daman (3                                   | Unserved    |
| 25 .    | Gujarat           | AAI                       | Bhavnagar                                  | Underserved |
| 26.     |                   | AAI                       | Jamnagar                                   | Underserved |
| 27.     |                   | AAI                       | Kandla                                     | Un served   |
| 28.     |                   | AAI                       | Porbandar                                  | Underserved |
| 29.     |                   | TATA Chemicals            | Mithapur (Dwarka)                          | Unserved    |
| 30.     |                   | Mundra & SEZ              | Mundra                                     | Unserved    |
|         |                   | AAI                       | Keshod (2,                                 | Unserved    |
| 32      |                   |                           | Sabarmati River                            | Unserved    |
| 31_     |                   | State Govt:               | Front W-3 )                                | Unserved    |
| 33 . 34 | State Govt        | State Govt.               | Shatrunjay Dam (W-3) Statue_of Unity (W-3) | Unserved    |
| 35      | Haryana           | State Govt.               | Hissar (2)                                 | Unserved    |

## List of RCS (Unserved and Underserved) Airports Waterdrome (W) identified in 1st and round of 2nd 3r bidding

| No.   | State             | Owner                    | Airport             | Status      |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
| 36.   |                   | IAF                      | Ambala (3)          | Unserved    |
| 37.   | Himachal Pradesh  | AAI                      | Shimla              | Unserved    |
| 38.   |                   | AAI                      | Kullu               | Underserved |
| 39.   | Jammu and Kashmir | IAF                      | Kargil (2)          | Unserved    |
| 40_   |                   | IAF                      | Thoise (3           | Underserved |
| 41.   | Jharkhand         | TATA Steel Ltd.          | Jamshedpur          | Unserved    |
| 42.   |                   | SAIL                     | Bokaro              | Unserved    |
| 43.   |                   |                          | Dumka               | Unserved    |
| 44.   |                   | State Govt.              | Hazaribagh (3)      | Unserved    |
| 45.   | Karnataka         | AAI                      | Mysore              | Unserved    |
| 46.   |                   | Private JSPL             | Vidyanagar          | Unserved    |
| 47.   |                   | ASPL Ltd.                | Baldota/Koppal (2)  | Unserved    |
| 48.   |                   | AAI                      | Hubli (2)           | Underserved |
| 49_   |                   | State Govt.              | Kalaburgi (3)       | Unserved    |
| 50.   |                   | AAI                      | Belgaum (3)         | Underserved |
| 51_   | Kerala            | KIAL                     | Kannur (2)          | Unserved    |
| 52    | Madhya Pradesh    | IAF                      | Gwalior             | Underserved |
| 53.   | Maharashtra       | AAI                      | Jalgaon             | Unserved    |
|       |                   | AAI                      | Kolhapur            | Unserved    |
| 55.   |                   | AAI                      | Sholapur            | Unserved    |
| 56_   |                   | HAL                      | Ozar (Nasik)        | Unserved    |
| 57.   |                   | MIDC                     | Nanded              | Unserved    |
| 58.   |                   | MADC                     | Amravati (3)        | Unserved    |
| 59    |                   |                          | Sindhudurg (3)      | Unserved    |
| 60_   |                   | Coast Guard              | Ratnagiri (3)       | Unserved    |
| 61_   | Meghalaya         | AAI                      | Shillong (Barapani) | Underserved |
| 62_   | Nagaland          | AAI                      | Dimapur (3)         | Underserved |
| 63    | Odisha            | AAI                      | Jharsuguda          | Unserved    |
| 64    |                   | PSU SAIL                 | Rourkela            | Unserved    |
| 65.   |                   | State Govt:              | Utkela              | Unserved    |
| 66.   |                   | State Govt. / Air Odisha | Jeypore             | Unserved    |
| 67.   | Pondicherry       | AAI                      | Pondicherry         | Underserved |
| 68.   | Punjab            | AAI                      | Ludhiana            | Unserved    |
| 69_   |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI       | Adampur             | Unserved    |
| 70.   |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI       | Bhatinda            | Unserved    |
|       |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI       | Pathankot           | Unserved    |
| 72    | Rajasthan         | Civil Enclave- AAI       | Bikaner (Nal)       | Unserved    |
| 73_   |                   | Civil Enclave-           | Jaisalmer           | Unserved    |

| No:   | State         | Owner                       | Airport                | Status      |
|-------|---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------|
|       |               | AAI                         |                        |             |
| 74_   |               | AAI                         | Kishangarh (2)         | Unserved    |
|       |               | IAF                         | Uterlai (2)            | Unserved    |
| 76.   |               | AAI                         |                        | Unserved    |
| 77 .  | Sikkim        | AAI                         | Pakyong (2             | Unserved    |
| 78.   | Tamil Nadu    | AAI                         | Salem                  | Unserved    |
| 79 .  |               | Neyveli Lignite Corporation | Neyveli                | Unserved    |
| 80.   |               | IAF                         | Tanjore (2             | Unserved    |
| 81_   |               | AAI                         | Vellore (23            | Unserved    |
| 82.   |               | Naval Air Station           | Ramnad (3              | Unserved    |
| 83 ,  | Telangana     | State Govt:                 | Nagarjuna (W-3) Sagar  | Unserved    |
| 84.   | Uttar Pradesh | Civil Enclave- AAI          | Agra                   | Underserved |
| 85.   |               | Civil Enclave- AAI          | Kanpur (chakeri)       | Unserved    |
| 86.   |               | State Govt                  | Aligarh                | Unserved    |
| 87.   |               | State Govt.                 | Azamgarh (2            | Unserved    |
| 88.   |               | IAF                         | Bareilly               | Unserved    |
| 89.   |               | State Govt.                 | Chitrakoot (2          | Unserved    |
| 90.   |               | AAI                         | Jhansi (2              | Unserved    |
| 91_   |               | State Govt:                 | Moradabad (2)          | Unserved    |
| 92    |               | State Govl                  | Muirpur(Korba) (2)     | Unserved    |
| 93.   |               | State Govl.                 | Shravasti (2           | Unserved    |
| 94_   |               | IAF (CE AAI)                | Allahabad (2_          | Unserved    |
| 95.   |               | State Govt:                 | Faizabad (3            | Unserved    |
| 96.   |               | State Govt.                 | Ghazipur (3            | Unserved    |
| 97.   |               | State Govt:                 | Kushinagar (3          | Unserved    |
| 98.   |               | IAF                         | Saharanpur(Sarsawa (3) | Unserved    |
| 99.   |               |                             | Meerut (3)             | Unserved    |
| 100.  | Uttarakhand   | AAI                         | Pantnagar              | Underserved |
| 101 _ |               | State Govt:                 | Pithoragarh (2)        | Unserved    |
| 102   | West Bengal   | AAI                         | Cooch behar            | Un served   |
| 103 . |               | ISSCO                       | Burnpur                | Un served   |
| 104.  |               | Private                     | Durgapur(Andal)        | Underserved |
| 105 . |               | IAF                         | Hashimara (3)          | Unserved    |
| 106.  |               | IAF                         | Kalaikunda (3)         | Unserved    |

## State wise list of Heliports identified in round of bidding under RCS-UDAN 2nd

| SN   | Row Labels        | Airport            | Owner            |
|------|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1.   | Arunachal Pradesh | DAPARIZO           | ARMY             |
| 2    |                   | Itanagar(H)        | State Govt.      |
|      |                   | TUTING             | IAF              |
| 4_   |                   | WALONG             | IAF              |
|      |                   | YINGHIONG          | ARMY             |
| 6.   |                   | ZIRO               | IAF              |
| 7_   | Assam             | Nagaon(H)          |                  |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh  | Kasauli(H)         | ARMY             |
| 9    |                   | Manali(H)          | DRDO             |
| 10_  |                   | Mandi(H)           | State Govt_      |
| 11.  |                   | NathpaJhakri(hH)   | State Govt:      |
| 12_  |                   | Rampur(H)          | State Govt:      |
| 13_  |                   | Shimla(H) Annadale | State Government |
| 14.  | Manipur           | Jiribam(H)         | State Govt:      |
| 15.  |                   | Moreh(H)           | Assam Rifles     |
| 16.  |                   | Parbung(H)         |                  |
| 17.  |                   | Tamenglong(H)      | Assam Rifles     |
| 18.  |                   | Thanlon(H)         | Assam Rifles     |
| 19_  | Uttarakhand       | Almora(h)          | ARMY             |
| 20_  |                   | CHINYALI SAUR      | State Govt.      |
| 21.  |                   | Dharchula(H)       | ARMY             |
| 22_  |                   | GAUCHER            | State Govt_      |
| 23_  |                   | Haldwani(h)        | State Govt_      |
| 24.  |                   | Haridwar(H)        | State Govt.      |
| 25.  |                   | Joshimath(H)       | ARMY             |
| 26.  |                   | Mussoorie(H)       | State Govt_      |
| 27.  |                   | Nainital(H)        | ARMY             |
| 28_  |                   |                    | State Govt.      |
| 29_  |                   | Ramnagar(H)        | State Govt.      |
|      |                   | Sahastradhara(H)   | State Govt:      |
| 31.  |                   | Srinagar(H)        | State Govt:      |

## List of RCS Airports operationalized till date

| S N   | State            | Airport         |
|-------|------------------|-----------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | KADAPA          |
|       | Assam            | JORHAT          |
| 3_    |                  | LILABARI        |
| 4.    |                  | TEZPUR          |
| 5.    | Chattisgarh      | JAGDALPUR       |
| 6     | Daman & Diu      | DIU             |
| 7     | Gujarat          | BHAVNAGAR       |
| 8     |                  | JAMNAGAR        |
| 9.    |                  | KANDLA          |
| 10_   |                  | MUNDRA          |
| 11    |                  | PORBANDAR       |
| 12_   | Himachal Pradesh | SHIMLA          |
| 13.   | Karnataka        | BELGAUM         |
| 14.   |                  | HUBLI           |
| 15_   |                  | MYSORE          |
| 16.   |                  | VIDYANAGAR      |
| 17    | Kerala           | KANNUR          |
| 18.   | Madhya Pradesh   | GWALIOR         |
| 19.   | Maharashtra      | JALGAON         |
| 20.   |                  | KOLHAPUR        |
| 21.   |                  | NANDED          |
| 22    |                  | OZAR(NASIK)     |
| 23.   | Meghalaya        | SHILLONG        |
| 24.   | Odisha           | JHARSUGUDA      |
| 25.   | Pondicherry (UT) | PONDICHERRY     |
| 26.   | Punjab           | ADAMPUR         |
| 27    |                  | BHATINDA        |
| 28    |                  | LUDHIANA        |
| 29_   |                  | PATHANKOT       |
| 30.   | Rajasthan        | BIKANER         |
| 31.   |                  | JAISALMER       |
| 32_   |                  | KISHANGARH      |
| 33    | Sikkim           | PAKYONG         |
| 34.   | Tamil Nadu       | SALEM           |
| 35.   | Uttar Pradesh    | AGRA            |
| 36_   |                  | ALLAHABAD       |
| 37    |                  | KANPUR(Chakeri) |
| 38_   | Uttarakhand      | PANTNAGAR       |
| 39    |                  | PITHORAGARH     |