Lok Sabha Question No. 1431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Development of New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1431

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  15th December 2022 )

## DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AIRPORTS

1431.    SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of new airports proposed to be developed in the country under
- the UDAN scheme, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey to identify unserved and underserved airports in Tier-2 cities of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  findings  of  the  survey  and  the  steps  taken  in response to the findings; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  revival  of  closed  airports  in  Tier-2  cities  of  the  State along with funds allocated under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN. (DR)

## V. K. SINGH (RETD))

- (a):  Details  of  the  68  identified  Airports/Heliports/Water  Aerodromes  for revival/upgradation under UDAN by 2024, are at Annexure.;

;

- (b)  to  (d):  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation  has  launched  Regional  Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21.10.2016  to  enhance regional  air  connectivity  from  unserved  and  underserved  airports  in  the country and making air travel affordable to the masses. An airport which is included in the awarded  routes  of UDAN  and  requires  upgradation / development  for  commencement  of  RCS  operations,  is  developed  under "Revival/upgradation  of  unserved  and  underserved  airports/heliports/water aerodromes" Scheme.;

Kadapa,  Kurnool  (Airports)  and  Prakasham  Barrage  (Water  Aerodrome/WA) have  been  identified  for  the  revival/upgradation  in  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh, to operate UDAN flights. An estimated sanctioned expenditure for revival/upgradation  of  Kadapa  and  Prakasham  Barrage  (WA)  is  Rs.  96.93 crore  and  Rs.  20  crore,  respectively.  UDAN  flights  operations  have  already commenced from Kadapa and Kurnool. The Prakasam Barrage (WA) is owned by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and its pre-feasibility study has been completed. A  total  of  28  routes  have  been  operationalised  under  UDAN  connecting various Airports in the State of Andhra Pradesh. UDAN is an ongoing scheme where  bidding  rounds  are  conducted  from  time  to  time  for  covering  more destinations/stations and routes across the country including Andhra Pradesh and in case, any airline submit bid for routes connecting one or more unserved/underserved aerodromes in the State of Andhra Pradesh, in future rounds of bidding, the same may be considered as per provisions in Scheme document.

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## Annexure

## List of 68 identified RCS Aerodrome, to operationalise by 2024

|   S. No. | Name of State     | Airport Name             | Airport/Heliport (H)/ Water Aerodrome (WA)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Campbell Bay             | Airport                                      |
|        2 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Car Nicobar              | Airport                                      |
|        3 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Havelock (W)             | WA                                           |
|        4 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Long Island (W)          | WA                                           |
|        5 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Neil Island (W)          | WA                                           |
|        6 | Andaman &Nicobar  | Shibpur                  | Airport                                      |
|        7 | Andhra Pradesh    | Parkasam Barrage (W)     | WA                                           |
|        8 | Arunachal Pradesh | Daparizo (H)             | Heliport                                     |
|        9 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar (H)             | Heliport                                     |
|       10 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tuting (H)               | Heliport                                     |
|       11 | Arunachal Pradesh | Walong (H)               | Heliport                                     |
|       12 | Arunachal Pradesh | Yinghoing (H)            | Heliport                                     |
|       13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Ziro (H)                 | Heliport                                     |
|       14 | Assam             | Guwahati River Front (W) | WA                                           |
|       15 | Assam             | Nagaon (H)               | Heliport                                     |
|       16 | Assam             | Umrangso Reservoir (W)   | WA                                           |
|       17 | Chhattisgarh      | Ambikapur                | Airport                                      |
|       18 | Daman&Diu         | Daman                    | Airport                                      |
|       19 | Haryana           | Ambala                   | Airport                                      |
|       20 | Himachal Pradesh  | Baddi (H)                | Heliport                                     |
|       21 | Himachal Pradesh  | Manali (H)               | Heliport                                     |
|       22 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla(H)                | Heliport                                     |
|       23 | Jharkhand         | Bokaro                   | Airport                                      |
|       24 | Jharkhand         | Dumka                    | Airport                                      |
|       25 | Jharkhand         | Hazaribagh               | Airport                                      |
|       26 | Jharkhand         | Jamshedpur               | Airport                                      |

|   27. | Ladakh        | Kargil               | Airport   |
|-------|---------------|----------------------|-----------|
|    28 | Ladakh        | Thoise               | Airport   |
|    29 | Lakshadweep   | Kavaratti            | WA        |
|    30 | Lakshadweep   | Minicoy              | WA        |
|    31 | Maharashtra   | Amravati             | Airport   |
|    32 | Maharashtra   | Ratnagiri            | Airport   |
|    33 | Maharashtra   | Solapur              | Airport   |
|    34 | Manipur       | Jiribam (H)          | Heliport  |
|    35 | Manipur       | Moreh (H)            | Heliport  |
|    36 | Manipur       | Parbung (H)          | Heliport  |
|    37 | Manipur       | Tamenglong (H)       | Heliport  |
|    38 | Manipur       | Thanlon (H)          | Heliport  |
|    39 | Odisha        | Rourkela             | Airport   |
|    40 | Odisha        | Utkela               | Airport   |
|    41 | Rajasthan     | Kota                 | Airport   |
|    42 | Rajasthan     | Uterlai              | Airport   |
|    43 | Tamil Nadu    | Neyveli              | Airport   |
|    44 | Tamil Nadu    | Ramnad               | Airport   |
|    45 | Tamil Nadu    | Tanjore              | Airport   |
|    46 | Tamil Nadu    | Vellore              | Airport   |
|    47 | Telangana     | NagarjunaSagar (W)   | WA        |
|    48 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh              | Airport   |
|    49 | Uttar Pradesh | Ayodhya (Faizabad)   | Airport   |
|    50 | Uttar Pradesh | Azamgarh             | Airport   |
|    51 | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot           | Airport   |
|    52 | Uttar Pradesh | Fursatganj           | Airport   |
|    53 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghazipur             | Airport   |
|    54 | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi               | Airport   |
|    55 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut               | Airport   |
|    56 | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad            | Airport   |
|    57 | Uttar Pradesh | Muirpur (Korba)      | Airport   |
|    58 | Uttar Pradesh | Sarsawa (Saharanpur) | Airport   |
|    59 | Uttar Pradesh | Shravasti            | Airport   |

|   60. | Uttarakhand   | Dharchula (H)   | Heliport   |
|-------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
|    61 | Uttarakhand   | Joshimath (H)   | Heliport   |
|    62 | Uttarakhand   | Mussoorie (H)   | Heliport   |
|    63 | Uttarakhand   | Nainital (H)    | Heliport   |
|    64 | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar (H)    | Heliport   |
|    65 | Uttarakhand   | Ramnagar (H)    | Heliport   |
|    66 | West Bengal   | Burnpur         | Airport    |
|    67 | West Bengal   | Cooch Behar     | Airport    |
|    68 | West Bengal   | Kalaikunda      | Airport    |

The above list of 68 RCS Aerodromes is as on 30.11.2022.