Lok Sabha Question No. 331 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Small Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the January 2019) 3rd

STARRED QUESTION NO. : 331

## SMALL AIRPORTS

## *331. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House:

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be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether there is any proposal to build small airports at district headquarters of various States in the country;
- (c) the names of the districts selected for this purpose along with the details of the current status thereof; and
- (d) the time by which these airports are likely to be set up?

ANSWER

(Shri Suresh Prabhu)

Statement in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Starred Question No. 331 for answer on 03.01.2019 regarding 'Small Airports'

(a) to (d): Madam: No such specific proposal is under consideration in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. However, under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN of the Central Government, existing Unserved and Underserved airports in the country are revived to provide air connectivity to these areas The scheme is a demand driven scheme. In the first and second round of RCS bidding 73 airports (17 underserved and 56 unserved) including in State of Uttar Pradesh have been identified for their revival. List of these airports is at Annexure-I: No, being

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Annexure-

| S.No.   | Name of Airport   | S.No.   | Name of Airport   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|-------------------|
| 1_      | Jagdalpur         | 38_     | Jeypore           |
| 2       | Jamshedpur        | 39      | Jharsuguda        |
| 3_      | Cooch Behar       | 40.     | Rourkela          |
| 4       | Durgapurt         | 41_     | Utkela            |
| 5       | Shillong          | 42      | Burnpur           |
| 6.      | Kullu*            | 43      | Neyveli_          |
| 7       | Shimla            | 44      | Mithapur          |
| 8       | Gwalior*          | 45      | Solapur           |
| 9       | Adampur           | 46      | Darbhanga         |
| 10_     | Bhatinda          | 47      | Bokaro            |
| 11,     | Ludhiana          | 48.     | Dumka             |
| 12      | Pathankot         | 49_     | Passighat         |
| 13      | Bikaner           | 50_     | Tezu              |
| 14_     | Jaisalmer         | 51_     | Jorhat*           |
| 15_     | Pantnagar*        | 52      | Lilabari          |
| 16      | Agra*             |         | Rupsi             |
| 17      | Kanpur            | 54_     | Tezpur            |
| 18.     | Kadapa            | 55.     | Hissar            |
| 19.     | Mysore            | 56_     | Kargil            |
| 20.     | Vidyanagar        | 57      | Kishangarh        |
| 21_     | Pondicherrvt      | 58_     | Uterlai           |
| 22      | Salem             | 59_     | Pithoragarh       |
| 23,     | Diu*              | 60      |                   |
| 24_     | Bhavnagart        | 61_     | Azamgarh          |
| 25_     | Jamnagart         | 62      | Bareilly          |
| 26.     | Kandla            | 63.     | Chitrakoot        |
| 27      | Mundra            | 64.     | Hindan            |
| 28 .    | Porbandar*        | 65.     | Jhansi            |
| 29.     | Jalgaon           | 66.     | Moradabad         |
| 30_     | Kolhapur          | 67      | Muirpur           |
| 31_     | Nanded            | 68.     | Shravasti         |
| 32      | Ozar(Nasik)       | 69      | Koppal            |
|         | Allahabad*        | 70      | Kannur            |
| 34      | Hubli             |         |                   |
| 35 .    | Ambikapur         | 72      | Vellore           |
| 36.     | Bilaspur          | 73_     | Keshod            |
| 37_     | Raigarh           |         |                   |