Lok Sabha Question No. 2941 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Development of New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja, S. Ramalingam, A. Ganeshamurthi, V. Kalanidhi, T. R. Paarivendhar

2941.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 2941 (To be answered on the December 2019) Sth

## DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AIRPORTS

SHRI A. RAJA

SHRI RAMALINGAM S:

SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI

DR KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY

DR TR PAARIVENDHAR

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is planning to develop 100 new airports within the country and if the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the names of proposed airports and the funds likely to be sanctioned for this, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;

State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;

- (c) whether any time has been fixed by the Government for completion of these airports and if s0, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to expand Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu and if sO, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is also planning to start some new routes connecting smaller towns and villages through these airports within the country including North Chennai and if s0, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government has also targeted to prepare drone corridors at these airports and if sO, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (f): Government has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21.10.2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable: RCS UDAN is a market driven mechanism: Under the scheme, airlines assess demand and nature of supply required o particular route and based on their analysis participate in the bidding process to be conducted from time to time. Under RCS UDAN, 688

RCS routes have been awarded by the Implementing Agency involving 137 unserved, underserved airports, heliports and water aerodromes. Airports of Tamil Nadu at Tanjore, Vellore; Neyveli and Ramnad have been awarded

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal o 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 of Rs. 4500 Crore. airport which is included in the awarded routes of UDAN, is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports schemeAny

Details of the routes awarded under RCS-UDAN in Tamil Nadu is attached as Annexure.

The Selected Airline Operators (SAOs) are obligated to commence RCS flight operations on a RCS-route; as part of individual route-proposal or a network proposal within a period 0f 180 days from the issuance %f Letter of Award or within two months from the readiness of airport, whichever is later; unless any extension is granted by the Implementing Agency.

AAI has taken up the Up-gradation work of Trichy International Airport The details are as under:

- Construction of a new centrally air-conditioned Modular Integrated Terminal Building to process 2900 combined peak hour passenger (including 2300 international & 600 domestic passengers)
- ii) Apron for 10 bays, Isolation Associated Link Taxiways and Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Area: Bay,
- iii) New Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower cum Technical Block

The Government had constituted a Drone Task Force in April 2018 for formulating a road-map with implementable recommendations for Central Government; State Government, Industry and Research Institutions to leverage the drone technology: In its report, submitted in March 2019, the Task Force made recommendations about Drone Corridor and Droneports: The entire gamut of regulations on drones is implemented through a Digital platform: Sky

## Statement referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q: No. 2941 List of awarded routes under RCS-UDAN in the State of Tamil Nadu

|     | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   |
|-----|---------------------|-------------------|
| 1   | Chennai             | Kadapa            |
| 2   | Chennai             | Mysore            |
| 3_  | Chennai             | Salem             |
| 4   | Salem               | Chennai           |
| 5_  | Chennai             | Kadapa            |
| 6.  | Chennai             | Mysore            |
| 7   | Chennai             | Neyveli           |
|     | Chennai             | Pondicherry       |
| 9.  | Neyveli             | Chennai           |
| 10. | Salem               | Bangalore         |
| 11. | Salem               | Pondicherry       |
| 12. | Chennai             | Hubli             |
| 13. | Chennai             | Hubli             |
| 14. | Chennai             | Kannur            |
| 15. | Chennai             | Kannur            |
| 16. | Chennai             | Tanjore           |
| 17. | Chennai             | Vellore           |
| 18. | Tanjore             | Chennai           |
| 19. | Vellore             | Bangalore         |
| 20. | Vellore             | Chennai           |
| 21. | Chennai             | Durgapur          |
| 22_ | Tanjore             | Bangalore         |
| 23. | Chennai             | Ramnad            |
| 24. | Ramnad              | Chennai           |