Lok Sabha Question No. 3876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Expansion of Air Strips
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3876 (To be answered on the March 2021) l8th

## EXPANSION OF AIR STRIPS

3876. SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of the scheme for the expansion of air strips in the hilly areas of the country; and
- (b) the number of tourist places in North India where the expansion of air are proposed? strips

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses: States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand; North Eastern Region of India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands have been included in the Scheme Document as Priority Area(s). Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for revival of existing unserved underserved airports airstrips of the State Governments, Airports Authority of India, Public Sector Undertakings and Civil Enclaves to promote the RCS-UDAN. An airport which is included in the awarded routes of RCS-UDAN and requires upgradation/development for commencement of RCS operations is developed under Revival of unserved and underserved airports scheme. Details of the Tourism RCS Routes awarded under RCS-UDAN are attached as Annexure: The expansion of air strips in Tourism RCS (TRCS) routes is undertaken by the airport operators {States/Airports Authority of India (AAD) etc:} as per requirements.

(Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 3876 for

List of Tourism Routes awarded under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik):

| S.No   | Routes                         |
|--------|--------------------------------|
| 1_     | Agra To Bhopal                 |
| 2.     | Bhopal To Agra                 |
| 3_     | Agra To Indore                 |
| 4_     | Indore To Agra                 |
| 5.     | Bengaluru To Mysuru            |
| 6.     | Mysuru To Bengaluru            |
| 7 .    | Dibrugarh To Dimapur           |
| 8 .    | Dimapur To Dibrugarh           |
| 9_     | Dimapur To Imphal              |
| 10     | Imphal To Dimapur              |
| 11.    | Gaya To Kushinagar             |
| 12.    | Kushinagar To Gaya             |
| 13_    | Lucknow To Saharanpur(Sarsawa) |
| 14_    | Saharanpur(Sarsawa) To Lucknow |
| 15.    | Portblair To Shibpur           |
| 16.    | Shibpur To Portblair           |
| 17.    | Shimla To Kullu                |
| 18     | Agartala To Aizawl             |
| 19     | Aizawl To Agartala             |
| 20     | Ahmedabad To Udaipur           |
| 21     | Udaipur To Ahmedabad           |
| 22     | Amritsar To Jaipur             |
| 23     | Jaipur To Amritsar             |
| 24     | Amritsar To Kolkata            |
| 25     | Kolkata To Amritsar            |
| 26     | Amritsar To Patna              |
| 27     | Patna To Amritsar              |
| 28     | Aurangabad To Udaipur_         |
| 29     | Udaipur To Aurangabad          |
|        | Bhopal To Udaipur              |
| 31     | Udaipur To Bhopal              |
| 32     | Bhubaneshwar To Varanasi       |
| 33     | Varanasi To Bhubaneshwar       |
|        | Bikaner To Jaisalmer           |

|   35 | Jaisalmer To Bikaner          |
|------|-------------------------------|
|   36 | Calicut To Delhi              |
|   37 | Delhi To Calicut              |
|   38 | Delhi To Khajuraho            |
|   39 | Khajuraho To Delhi            |
|   40 | Dibrugarh_To Imphal           |
|   41 | Imphal To Dibrugarh           |
|   42 | Jodhpur To Udaipur            |
|   43 | Udaipur_To Jodhpur            |
|   44 | Rajamundry To Vishakhapatnam  |
|   45 | Vishakhapatnam To Rajamundry_ |
|   46 | Varanasi To Patna             |