Lok Sabha Question No. 1709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Civil Aviation Projects
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

1709

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

(To be answered on the Z9th July 2021)

## CIVIL AVIATION PROJECTS

## 1709 SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) the current status of various ongoing civil aviation projects in the country including in Karnataka with the allocations made and the amount spent so project-wise; along far,
2. (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more airports in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
3. (c) the action plan prepared by the Government for the development of new domesticlinternational airports; and
4. (d) the details of airports identified for development under UDAN scheme in Karnataka?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(a) to (c): Upgradation and modernization of civil aviation infrastructure is an ongoing process and is undertaken by concerned airport operators from time to time depending O the availability %f land, commercial viability, socio-economic considerations; traffic demand willingness of\_airlines to operate to/from such Shimoga with the estimated project cost of Rs. 150 Crore; Rs. 592 Crore and Rs; 220 Crore respectively have been given In-Principle approval by the Government International Airport Limited (BTAL) is undertaking expansion plans at an estimated project cost of Rs;13,352 Crore The responsibility of implementation of the project including funding of the project rests with the concerned airport developer and the respective State Government (in case the State Government is project proponent).

Ministry %f Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity. 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. Under the scheme, as on 20.07.2021, 59 airports including 2 water aerodromes and 5 heliports have been revived/operationalized; State-wise details are at Annexure:

Government of India (Gol) has also accorded 'in-principle' approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai; Sindhudurg and Shirdi in Maharashtra, Bijapur; Hassan, Kalaburagi and Shimoga in Karnataka, Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Jewar (Noida) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal (Kurnool)\_in Andhra Pradesh; Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh. So Six Greenfield airports namely, Shirdi in Maharashtra, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim; Kannur in Kerala, Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh and Kalaburagi in Karnataka have been operationalized. far ,

Belgaum have been operationalized under RCS-UDAN. Six airports namely Beliary, Karwar; Vijayapura, Kushalnagar, Kolar and Shimoga comes under the list of unserved/underserved airports as per UDAN scheme document. Routes connecting Vijayapura, Karwar, Shimoga have been included in the special round of UDAN 4.1.

## Statement Referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1709 for answer on 29.07.2021,

List of 59 RCS Airports operationalizedlrevived as on 20.07.2021

| S No.   | State             | Airport_                               |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)                   |
|         |                   | Kurnool                                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat_                              |
| 4       | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved)                   |
| 5_      |                   | Lilabari (Underserved                  |
|         |                   | Tezpur (Underserved)                   |
| 7       |                   | Rupsi Underserved)_                    |
|         | Bihar             | Darbhanga                              |
| 9_      | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur                              |
| 10.     |                   | Bilaspur                               |
| 11_     | Daman & Diu       | Diu (Underserved)                      |
| 12.     | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved)                |
| 13.     |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved)                 |
| 14,     |                   | Kandla                                 |
| 15.     |                   | Mundra                                 |
| 16.     |                   | Porbandar _(Underserved                |
| 17.     |                   | Statue of Unity Water_Aerodrome        |
| 18,     |                   | Sabarmati River Front_~Water Aerodrome |
| 19.     | Haryana           | Hissar                                 |
| 20_     | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla                                 |
| 21_     |                   | Kullu (Underserved)                    |
| 22,     | Karnataka         | Belgaum (Underserved)                  |
| 23.     |                   | Hubli (Underserved)                    |
| 24      |                   | Mysore                                 |
| 25.     |                   | Vidyanagar                             |
| 26.     |                   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)                   |
| 27      |                   | Bidar                                  |
|         | Kerala            | Kannur                                 |
| 29      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                        |
| 30.     | Maharashtra       | Jalgaon_                               |
| 31_     |                   | Kolhapur                               |
| 32.     |                   | Nanded                                 |
| 33.     |                   | Ozar (Nasik)                           |
| 34,     | Meghalaya         | Shillong (Underserved)                 |
| 35.     | Nagaland          | Dimapur (Underserved)                  |
| 36 ,    | Odisha            | Jharsuguda                             |
| 37 .    | Pondicherry (UT)  | Pondicherry (Underserved)              |
| 38.     | Punjab            | Adampur                                |

| S No:   | State         | Airport                 |
|---------|---------------|-------------------------|
| 39      |               | Bhatinda                |
| 40.     |               | Ludhiana                |
| 41_     |               | Pathankot               |
| 42.     | Rajasthan     | Bikaner                 |
| 43.     |               | Jaisalmer               |
| 44,     |               | Kishangarh_             |
| 45,     | Sikkim        | Pakyong                 |
| 46,     | Tamil Nadu    | Salem                   |
| 47 .    | Uttar Pradesh |                         |
| 48_     |               | Allahabad Underserved)  |
| 49      |               | Kanpur(Chakeri)         |
| 50      |               | Hindon                  |
| 51.     |               | Bareilly                |
| 52,     | Uttarakhand   | Pantnagar (Underserved) |
| 53.     |               | Pithoragarh_            |
| 54      |               | Sahastradhara Heliport_ |
| 55.     |               | Chinyalisaur Heliport   |
|         |               | Gaucher Heliport        |
| 57      |               | New Tehri Heliport      |
| 58.     |               | Srinagar Heliport       |
| 59.     | West Bengal   | Durgapur(Underserved)   |