Lok Sabha Question No. 47 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Airports under RCS
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. : 47 (To be answered on the 4th February 2021)

## AIRPORTS UNDER RCS

*47. SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state: -

- (a) the names of airports which have become operational since the implementation of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS);
- if the details thereof along with the estimated cost and the present status thereof, project/State-wise; and
- (b) whether a number of new airports are under construction under RCS;
- (d) the time by which the new airports under RCS are likely to become operational?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House:

STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 47 REGARDING

- (a): Details of the airports operationalized under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) are attached as Annexure-A\_
- (b) to (d): Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for revival of existing unserved underserved airports airstrips/heliports/water aerodromes of the State Governments, Airports Authority of India, Public Sector Undertakings and Civil Enclaves at an estimated cost of Rs. 4500 Crore: An airport which is included in the awarded routes of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) and requires upgradation/development for commencement of RCS operations is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports" scheme. Details of Airports which have been taken up for construction under the revival/development of airports scheme are attached at Annexure-B.

## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred QNo: 47 for answer 0n 04.02.2021

## List of RCS Airports operationalized as on 30.01.2021

| S No   | State            | Airport_                            |
|--------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1_     | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa (Underserved)                |
| 2.     | Assam            | Jorhat (Underserved)                |
|        |                  | Lilabari Underserved)               |
| 4_     |                  | Tezpur (Underserved)                |
| 5      | Bihar            | Darbhanga (Unserved)                |
| 6.     | Chhattisgarh     | Jagdalpur                           |
| 7      | Daman & Diu      | Diu (Underserved)                   |
| 8      | Gujarat          | Bhavnagar (Underserved)             |
| 9      |                  | Jamnagar (Underserved)              |
| 10.    |                  | Kandla                              |
| 11.    |                  | Mundra                              |
| 12     |                  | Porbandar (Underserved)             |
| 13_    |                  | Statue of Unity (Unserved) (WA)     |
| 14.    |                  | Sabarmati River Front(Unserved) WA) |
| 15.    | Haryana          | Hissar (Unserved)                   |
| 16.    | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla                              |
| 17.    |                  | Kullu (Underserved)                 |
| 18.    | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved)               |
| 19     |                  | Hubli (Underserved)                 |
| 20.    |                  | Mysore                              |
| 21.    |                  | Vidyanagar                          |
| 22.    |                  | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)                |
| 23.    |                  | Bidar                               |
| 24     | Kerala           | Kannur                              |
| 25 .   | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior (Underserved)               |
| 26     | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon                             |

| S No   | State            | Airport                   |
|--------|------------------|---------------------------|
| 27.    |                  | Kolhapur                  |
| 28.    |                  | Nanded                    |
| 29.    |                  | Ozar (Nasik)              |
| 30.    | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)    |
| 31:    | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved)     |
| 32.    | Odisha           | Jharsuguda                |
| 33.    | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondichetry (Underserved) |
|        | Punjab           | Adampur_                  |
| 35.    |                  | Bhatinda                  |
| 36.    |                  | Ludhiana                  |
| 37     |                  | Pathankot                 |
| 38_    | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                   |
| 39.    |                  | Jaisalmer                 |
| 40     |                  | Kishangarh                |
| 41.    | Sikkim           | Pakyong_                  |
| 42.    | Tamil Nadu       | Salem                     |
| 43     | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved)        |
| 44_    |                  | Allahabad - (Underserved) |
| 45.    |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri)           |
| 46.    |                  | Hindon                    |
| 47.    | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved)   |
| 48.    |                  | Pithoragarh_              |
| 49.    |                  | Sahastradhara H)          |
| 50     |                  | Chinyalisaur_             |
| 51.    |                  | Gaucher                   |
| 52.    |                  | New Tehri                 |
| 53.    |                  | Srinagar                  |
| 54.    | West Bengal      | Durgapur (Underserved)    |

H: Heliports

WA : Water Aerodromes

## Annexure -B Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Q No. 47 for answer on 04.02.2021.

## List of RCS Airports/Heliports/ Water Aerodromes under constructionlupgradation)

|   S_ No: | Name of Airport   | State       |   Estimated / Sanctioned Cost | TimelinesfPDC       |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | RRaigarh          | Chattisgarh |                         5.85  | 2024                |
|        2 | [Jamshedpur       | Jharkhand   |                         5.85  | 2022                |
|        3 | [Burnpur          | West Bengal |                        17.6   | 2022                |
|        4 | RRourkela         | Odisha      |                        21.4   | Ready for Operation |
|        5 | {Jeypore          | Odisha      |                        74.4   | 2022                |
|        6 | Utkela            | Odisha      |                        55.25  | 2022                |
|        7 | [Bilaspur         | Chattisgarh |                        51.62  | Ready for Operation |
|        8 | Ambikapur         | Chattisgarh |                        42.35  | 2021                |
|        9 | Cooch Behar       | West Bengal |                         8.6   | Ready for Operation |
|       10 | NNEYVELI          | Tamil Nadu  |                        46.562 | 2021                |
|       11 | Sholapur          | Maharashtra |                        19.4   | 2024                |
|       12 | Mithapur          | Gujarat     |                        14.09  | 2024                |

(Rs. in crores

|   No. | Name of Airport   | State             | Estimated / Sanctioned   | Timelines/PDC                                                                       |
|-------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    13 | Dumka             | Jharkhand         | 26.570                   | 2022                                                                                |
|    14 | Bokaro            | Jharkhand         | 52.571                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    15 | Tezu              | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.000                    | Upgradation works in progress through NEC Airport is ready for RCS operations grant |
|    16 | Passighat         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.000                    | Ready for Operation                                                                 |
|    17 | [Rupsi            | Assam             | 71.630                   | Ready for Operation]                                                                |
|    18 | Kargil            | Jammu and Kashmir | 2.520                    | Ready for Operation)                                                                |
|    19 | {Uterlai          | RRajsthan         | 25.810'                  | 2023                                                                                |
|    20 | Chitrakoot        | Uttar Pradesh     | 31.110                   | 2022                                                                                |
|    21 | Jhansi            | Uttar Pradesh     | 11.530                   | 2024                                                                                |
|    22 | Muirpur           | Uttar Pradesh     | 31.110                   | 2022                                                                                |
|    23 | Moradabad         | Uttar Pradesh     | 28.380                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    24 | Aligarh           | Uttar Pradesh     | 19.840                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    25 | Azamgarh          | Uttar Pradesh     | 27.230                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    26 | [Bareilly         | Pradesh Uttar     | 72.400                   | Ready for Operation]                                                                |
|    27 | Shravasti         | Uttar Pradesh     | 27.210                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    28 | Baldota/ Koppal   | Karnataka         | 18.362                   | 2023                                                                                |
|    29 | Tanjore           | Tamil Nadu        | 50.590                   | 2024                                                                                |
|    30 | Vellore           | Tamil Nadu        | 43.157                   | 2021                                                                                |
|    31 | Keshod            | Gujarat           | 58.647                   | 2021                                                                                |

| No:                       | Name of Airport           | State             | Sanctioned Cost   | Timelines/PDC        |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 32                        | Car Nicobar               | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2022                 |
| 33                        | Shibpur                   | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| 34                        | Campbell Bay              | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 35                        | Hazaribagh                | Jharkhand         | 36.720            | 2024                 |
| 36                        | Hashimara                 | West Bengal       | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 37.                       | Kalaikunda                | West Bengal       | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 38                        |                           | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| 39                        | [ong Island (W)           | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| 40:                       | Neil Island (W)           | Andaman & Nicobar | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| 41                        | Guwahati River Front (W)  | Assam             | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 42                        | Umarangso Reservoir       | Assam             | 36.720_           | 2023                 |
|                           | [Sarsawa (Saharanpur)     | Uttar Pradesh     | 36.720.           | 2023                 |
| 44                        | Ghazipur                  | Uttar Pradesh     | 36.720            | 2024                 |
|                           | Faizabad                  | Uttar Pradesh     | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 46                        | Kota                      | Rajasthan         | 36.720            | 2024                 |
| 47                        | Thoise                    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 36.720            | 2023 2023            |
| 48                        | Ambala                    | Haryana           | 36.720            |                      |
| 49                        | kasia (Kusinagar)         | Uttar Pradesh     | 36.720-           | 2021                 |
| 50                        | Meerut                    | Uttar Pradesh     | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 51kKurnool                | 51kKurnool                | Andhra Pradesh    | 36.720            | Ready for Operation) |
| 52/Ramnad                 | 52/Ramnad                 | Tamil Nadu        | 36.720            | 2024                 |
|                           |                           | Telangana         | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 54PPrakasham Barrage. (W) | 54PPrakasham Barrage. (W) | Andhra Pradesh    | 36.720            | 2023                 |
|                           |                           | Lakshadweep       | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| 56kKavaratti(W)           | 56kKavaratti(W)           | Lakshadweep       | 36.720            | 2023                 |
| Amravati                  | Amravati                  | Maharashtra       | 36.720            | 2022                 |
| 57 Ratnagiri 58           | 57 Ratnagiri 58           | Maharashtra       | 36.720            | 2022                 |
| [Sindhudurg 59            | [Sindhudurg 59            | Maharashtra       | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| Daman 60                  | Daman 60                  | Daman & Diu       | 36.720            | 2021                 |
| Shatrunjay Dam (W) 61     | Shatrunjay Dam (W) 61     | Gujarat           | 36.720            | 2024                 |

| S. No:   | Name of Heliports             | State.            | Sanctioned Cost   | Timelines/PDc   |
|----------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 62       | DAPARIZO (H)                  | Arunachal Pradesh | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 63:      | Itanagar(h)                   |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 64       | TUTING (H)                    |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 65:      | WALONG (H)                    |                   | 10,490            | 2023            |
|          | YINGHIONG (H)                 |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 66       |                               |                   |                   | 2023            |
| 67       |                               | Assam             |                   | 2022            |
| 68 69    |                               |                   | 10.490            | 2024            |
| 70       | Geleki (H) Misa (H)           |                   | 10490             | 2024 2024       |
| 71       | Kasauli(H)                    | Himachal Pradesh  | 10490             | 2023            |
|          | Manali(h)                     |                   | 10.490            |                 |
| 72       |                               |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 73       |                               |                   | 10490             | 2022            |
| 74       | NathpaJhakri(h)               |                   | 10490             | 2024            |
| 75       | [Rampur(h) Shimla(H) Annadale |                   | 10.490            | 2021            |
| 76       | (jiribam(H)                   | Manipur           | 10.490            | 2024            |
| 77 78    | Moreh(H)                      |                   |                   | 2024 2024       |
| 79       | IParbung(h)                   |                   | 10490             |                 |
|          |                               |                   | 10.490            | 2024            |
| 80 81    | IThanlonh)                    |                   | 10.490            | 2024 2024       |
|          | Almora(H)                     | Uttarakhand       | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 83       | Dharchula(H)                  |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 84       | Haldwani(h)                   |                   | 10490             | 2024            |
|          | Haridwar(H)                   |                   | 10.4490           |                 |
| 85       |                               |                   | 10490             | 2023            |
| 86       | Joshimath(H)                  |                   | 10490             | 2024            |
| 87       | Mussoorie(h)                  |                   | 10.490            | 2023            |
| 88       | Nainital(H)                   |                   | 10.490            | 2024            |
| 89       | RamnagarlH)                   |                   |                   |                 |

W: Water Aerodromes

H: Heliports