Lok Sabha Question No. 1703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Construction of Airports in Araria
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1703 November 2019) 28th

(To be answered on the

## CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORTS IN ARARIA

1703.

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the present status of construction of new domestic airports under Regional connectivity scheme "UDAN" launched by the Government in September, 2017; (6) the details of the area of land reserved in Araria district of the State %f Bihar under the said scheme and the time by which the construction work is planned to be started; and
- (c) the details of the main objectives of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a): Construction of new airport does not come under the purview of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik): However, any airport which is included in the awarded routes of UDAN, is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports scheme\_ 43 underserved and unserved airports have been operationalized under this scheme, details of which are attached at Annexure-A
- (b): Jogbani airstrip in Araria district belongs to Airports Authority %f India having total land area of 153.5 acres. The airstrip figures in the list of unserved airstripslairports in the scheme document of RCS-UDAN. No bid was received under three rounds of bidding under the scheme for this airstrip: However; if any bid is received in future, the Same will be considered as per the provisions of the scheme document:
- (c): Government has launched RCS-UDAN on 21.10.2016 to facilitate/stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable RCS UDAN is market driven mechanism Development of regional air connectivity routes is left to market forces and airlines undertake assessment Of demand and nature %f supply required On particular routes: The scheme is valid for a of 10 years. The Implementing Agency conducts the bidding from time to time during the currency of the scheme. period

## Annexure-A

## Statement referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.no 1703 for answer on 28.11.2019

## unserved/underserved RCS Airports started as on List of 22.11.2019

| S No   | State            | Airport                               | Date of Operationalisation   |
|--------|------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa (Underserved)                  | 27-April-2017                |
| 2      | Assam            | Jorhat (Underserved)                  | 1-Aug-2018 15-Jan-2019       |
| 3      |                  | Lilabari (Underserved)                | 26-April-2018                |
| 4_     |                  | Tezpur (Underserved)                  | 14-June-2018                 |
| 5_     | Chhattisgarh     | Jagdalpur                             | 24-Feb-2018                  |
| 6      | Daman & Diu      | Diu (Underserved)                     | 1-May-2018                   |
| 7 .    | Gujarat          | Bhavnagar (Underserved) (Underserved) | 17-Feb-2018                  |
| 8      |                  | Jamnagar                              |                              |
| 9      |                  | Kandla                                | 1-July-2017 17-Feb-2018      |
| 10_    |                  | Mundra Porbandar (Underserved)        | 10-July-2017                 |
| 11     |                  |                                       | 27-April-2017                |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla                                |                              |
| 13_    |                  | Kullu                                 | 13-May-2019                  |
| 14.    | Karnataka        | (Underserved) Belgaum                 | 1-May-2019                   |
| 15_    |                  | Hubli (Underserved)                   | 14-May-2018                  |
| 16.    |                  | Mysore                                | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 17.    |                  | Vidyanagar                            | 21-Sep-2017 22-Nov-2019      |
| 18_    |                  | Kalaburgai (Gulbarga)                 | 25-Jan-2019                  |
| 19     | Kerala           | Kannur                                | 31-May-2017                  |
| 20.    | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior (Underserved)                 | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 21_    | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon                               | 8-April-2018                 |
| 22_    |                  | Kolhapur_                             | 27-April-2017                |
| 23_    |                  | Nanded                                | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 24.    |                  | Ozar (Nasik)                          | 26-April-2018                |
| 25.    | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)                | 22-Sep-2018                  |
| 26.    | Odisha           | Jharsuguda                            | 16-Aug-2017                  |
| 27 .   | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved)             |                              |

| S No   | State          | Airport                 | Date of Operationalisation   |
|--------|----------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
| 28.    | Punjab         | Adampur                 | 1-May-2018 27-April-2017     |
| 29_    |                | Bhatinda                | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 30_    |                | Ludhiana                | 5-April-2018                 |
| 31_    |                | Pathankot               | 26-Sep-2017                  |
| 32_    | Rajasthan      | Bikaner                 | 29-Oct-2017                  |
| 33_    |                | Jaisalmer               | 8-Oct-2018                   |
| 34.    |                | Kishangarh_             | 4-Oct-2018                   |
| 35.    | Sikkim         | Pakyong                 | 25-March-2018                |
| 36.    | Tamil Nadu     | Salem                   | 8-Dec-2017                   |
| 37.    | Uttar Pradesh_ | Agra (Underserved)      | 14-June-2018                 |
| 38_    |                | Allahabad (Underserved) | 3-July-2018                  |
| 39_    |                | Kanpur(Chakeri)         | 11-Oct-2019                  |
| 40_    |                | Hindon                  |                              |
| 41.    | Uttarakhand    | Pantnagar (Underserved) | 4-Jan-2019                   |
| 42_    |                | Pithoragarh             | 17-Jan-2019 25-June-2109     |
| 43.    | West Bengal    | Durgapur(Underserved)   |                              |