Lok Sabha Question No. 3076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Setting up of New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 3076

(To be answered on the ith July 2019)

## SETTING UP OF NEW AIRPORTS

3076.

SHRI A. RAJA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (a) whether the number of air passengers are increasing every year;
- (c) whether the Union Government is planning to set up some new airports in the country and if

be pleased to state:-

- (b) if s0, the number of passengers handled by aviation sector across the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the Government of Tamil Nadu in this regard and if $0, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) & (b): Yes Sir. The details of passengers during the last three years is given in Annexure-I

(c): Government of India has granted 'in principle' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely in Goa; Navi Mumbai, Sindhudurg and Shirdi in Maharashtra, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Hassan and Shimoga in Karnataka, Kannur in Kerala, Durgapur in West Bengal, Datia in Gwalior, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kushinagar and Noida in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry and Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Oravakal in Andhra Pradesh and Hollongi, Itanagar in Arunachai Pradesh: Greenfield Airports at Shirdi, Kannur, Durgapur and Pakyong have been operationalized. Besides, Government of India has granted 'site clearance' approval for setting up of 6 Greenfield Airports across the country namely Machiwara in Ludhiana, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Alwar (Bhiwadi) in Rajasthan, Kothagudem, Dist. Khammam in Telangana, Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh and Purandar in Pune. Mopa

(d): An airport company namely, Ms Taking off to the Future Pvt: Ltd. (TOFL) (previously, Mls KGS Developers Pvt: Ltd) had submitted an application for construction 0f airport at Chengelpet near Chennai in Tamil Nadu: However; the Ministry of Defence denied the site clearance for setting !p of a Greenfield airport in Chengelpet citing the same would impose severe restrictions 0n the conduct of Indian Air Force (IAF) flying operations The company has approached Government of India for reconsideration of the project:

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## STATE WISE AIR TRAFFIC FOR THE YEAR 2015-16 TO 2018-19 TOTAL PASSENGERS (In Numbers)

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| AIRPORT           | 2018-19       | % Growth 2018-19 over 2017-18   | 2017-18         | % Growth 2017-18 over 2016-17   | 2016-17         | % Growth 2016-17 over 2015-16   | 2015-16         | CAGR Last Three Year   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| A & N ISLAND      | 1711881       | 10.45                           | 1549951         | 25.161                          | 1238331         | 42.12                           | 871318          | 25.25                  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 5425453       | 31.61                           |                 | 10.49                           | 3730937         | 33.25                           | 2799977         | 24.67                  |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 1241          |                                 | 0               |                                 |                 |                                 | 27              | 258.21                 |
| ASSAM             | 6670524       | 21.97                           | 5468877         | 24.72                           | 4384877         | 30.14                           | 3369332         | 25.57                  |
| BIHAR             | 4275625       | 29.65                           | 3297943         | 44.03                           | 2289813         | 31.51                           | 1741157         |                        |
| CHANDIGARH        | 2097698       | -1.87                           | 2137739         | 17.08                           | 1825881         | 19.02                           |                 | 34.91                  |
| CHHATISHGARH      | 2029320       | 24.64                           | 1628134         | 16.61                           | 1396179|   | 15.69                           | 1534058 1206844 | 10.99                  |
|                   | 23814         | 15.92                           | 20544           | 11.84                           | 18369           | 36.19                           | 28789           | 18.91 -6.13            |
| DELHI             | 69233864      | 5.39                            | 65691662        | 13.84                           | 57703096        |                                 |                 |                        |
| GOA               | 84673261      | 11.31                           | 7607249         |                                 |                 | 19.16                           | 48424165        | 12.661                 |
| GUJARAT           | 14302313      |                                 |                 | 10.95                           | 6856362         | 27.55                           | 5375555         | 16.35                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 163590        | 23.48                           |                 | 23.22                           | 9403986         | 14.53                           | 8210773         | 20.34                  |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 4893562       | -8.96 6.93                      | 179681          | 34.10                           | 133995          | 32.05                           | 101474          | 17.26                  |
| JHARKHAND         | 2254108       | 26.75                           | 4576442         | 19.63 71.70                     | 3825499 1035740 | -0.29                           | 3836622         | 8.45                   |
| KARNATAKA         | 36202584      | 23.07                           | 29415773        |                                 |                 | 39.97                           | 739961          | 44.96                  |
| KERALA            | 18139433      | 2.45                            | 17705740        | 18.90 14.32                     | 24740735        | 18.87                           | 20813340        | 20.26                  |
| LAKSHDWEEP ISLAND |               | 1.91                            |                 |                                 | 15488038        | 14.50                           | 13526236        |                        |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 38341         | 29.95                           | 39088 3296807   | 26.49 21.86                     | 30901 2705368   | 2.97                            | 30010           | 8.51                   |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 61593358      | 3.61                            |                 | 9.45                            |                 | 4.85                            | 2580249         | 41 18.                 |
| MANIPUR           |               | 29.33                           | 59446738        | 11.41                           | 543163001       | 10.49                           | 49157739        | 7.81                   |
| MEGHALAYA         | 1277163       | 3.67                            | 9875061         |                                 | 886338          | 15.58                           | 766877          | 18.53                  |
| MIZORAM           | 12482 225586  |                                 | 12957           | -.13                            |                 | 15.66                           |                 | 2.58                   |
| NAGALAND          | 193522        | 23.63 3.83                      | 295379 186390   | 25.37 29.04                     | 235613 144449   | 34.53 29.25                     | 175137 111756   | 8.80 20.08             |
| ODISHA            | 4159410       | 27.96                           | 3250635         | 39.37                           | 2332433         |                                 | 1894732         | 29.97                  |
| PONDICHERY        | 86746         | 150.49                          | 34631           |                                 | 13              | -99.77                          | 5588            |                        |
| PUNJAB            | 2635749       | 12.21                           |                 | 49.61                           | 1570023         |                                 |                 | 28.22                  |
| RAJASTHAN         | 7581334       | 17.83                           | 2348868 6433934 | 23.15                           | 5224640         | 25.56 33.96                     | 1250391 3900235 | 24.80                  |
| SIKKIM            | 18963         |                                 | 0               |                                 |                 |                                 |                 |                        |
| TAMILNADU         | 28862382      | 11.79                           | 25818638        | 12.71                           | 22907905        | 19.68                           | 19141073        | 14.67                  |
| TELANGANA         | 21403972      | 17.88                           | 18156867        | 20.22                           | 15102672        | 21.91                           | 12388178        | 19.99                  |
| TRIPURA           | 1441089       | 4.50                            | 1379090         | 16.49                           | 1183867         | 28.46                           | 921591          | 16.07                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 8907133| | 27.17                           | 7003847         | 16.76                           | 5998656         | 27.52                           | 4704251         | 23.71                  |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 1257507       | 10.31                           | 1139984         | 27.33                           | 895326          | 86.74                           | 479458          | 37.91                  |
| WEST BENGAL       | 24822041      | 12.04                           | 22153669        | 27.69                           | 17350005        | 25.21                           | 13856761        | 21.45                  |
| TOTAL             | 344699733     | 11.64                           | 308753400       | 16.52                           | 264969723       | 18.31                           | 223955219       | 15.46                  |