Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Construction of New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1658 (To be answered on the July 2021) 29th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRPORTS

## 1658. SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether initiative has been taken for construction of some new airports and revival of old ones recently;
- (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (c) whether some new airports have started operations recently and if s0, the details thereof;
- (d) the estimate of the total expenditure for construction of new airports and revival of old ones; and
- (e) the State-wise number of the operational airports in the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

(a) to (c): Government of India (Gol) has 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 (Kunoor) in Andhra Pradesh; Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh: So far, six Greenfield airports namely, Shirdi in Maharashtra, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim; Kannur in Kerala, Orvakal (Kunoor) in Andhra Pradesh and Kalaburagi in Karnataka have been operationalized. Further, under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN); 59 airports have been revived/operationalized since the launch of the scheme in October; 2016, state-wise details of which are at AnnexureI

the project rests with the concerned airport developer including Airports Authority of India and the respective State Government (in case the State Govt is project proponent): Airports Authority of India has undertaken development of Hollongi (Arunachal Pradesh), Hirasar (Gujarat); Dholera (Gujarat) and Khushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) airports at original project costs of Rs. 646 Rs.1405 Cr-, 1375 Cr (Phase I) and 448 Cr. respectively.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of budgetary support of Rs: 4500 crores 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 An airport which is included in the awarded routes of Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN and requires upgradation/development for commencement of RCS operations is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports' scheme.

(e): The State-wise list of operational airports in the country is at Annexure-II;

## Annexure I

## Statement Referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1658 answer on 29.07.2021 . for

List of 59 RCS Airports operationalized/revived as on 20.07.2021

| S No.   | State             | Airport                   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)      |
| 2_      |                   | Kurnool                   |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat                  |
| 4       | Assam             | Jorhat Underserved        |
|         |                   | Lilabari (Underserved)    |
| 6.      |                   | Tezpur_(Underserved)      |
| 7       |                   | Rupsi_ Underserved)       |
| 8_      | 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 (W)       |
| 18.     |                   | Sabarmati River Front (W) |
| 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                     |
| 28.     | Kerala            | Kannur                    |
| 29.     | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior 'Underserved)     |
| 30.     | Maharashtra       | Jalgaon                   |
| 31 ,    |                   | Kolhapur                  |
| 32.     |                   | Nanded                    |
| 33.     |                   | Ozar (Nasik)              |
| 34.     | Meghalaya         | Shillong (Underserved     |
| 35.     | Nagaland          | Dimapur_(Underserved)     |
| 36.     | Odisha            | Jharsuguda_               |
|         | 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 | Agra Underserved)       |
| 48      |               | Allahabad (Underserved) |
| 49.     |               | Kanpur(Chakeri)         |
| 50.     |               | Hindon                  |
|         |               | Bareilly                |
| 52.     | Uttarakhand   | Pantnagar_(Underserved_ |
| 53.     |               | Pithoragarh             |
| 54.     |               | Sahastradhara Heliport  |
| 55.     |               | Chinyalisaur Heliport   |
| 56,     |               | Gaucher Heliport        |
| 57 .    |               | New Tehri Heliport      |
| 58      |               | Srinagar Heliport       |
|         | West Bengal   | Durgapur(Underserved)   |

|         |                                                                 | Annexure-II                   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         | Statement Referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: | 1658 for answer on 29.07.2021 |
| SL. NO_ | STATEJUT                                                        | NAME OF AIRPORT               |
| 1       | A&N ISLAND                                                      | PORT BLAIR (CE)               |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                  | TIRUPATI                      |
|         |                                                                 | VIJAYAWADA                    |
|         |                                                                 | VISAKHAPATNAM (CE)            |
|         |                                                                 | KADAPAH                       |
|         |                                                                 | RAJAHMUNDRY                   |
|         |                                                                 | (ORVAKAL)                     |
|         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                               |                               |
|         |                                                                 | PASSIGHAT (CE)                |
|         | ASSAM                                                           | GUWAHATI (LGBI                |
| 11      |                                                                 | DIBRUGARH (MOHANBARI)         |
| 12      |                                                                 | LILABARI (NORTH LAKHIMPUR)    |
| 13      |                                                                 | RUPSI                         |
| 14      |                                                                 | JORHAT                        |
| 15      |                                                                 | SILCHAR                       |
| 16      |                                                                 | TEZPUR                        |
| 17      | BIHAR                                                           | GAYA                          |
| 18      |                                                                 | PATNA                         |
| 19      |                                                                 | DARBHANGA (CE                 |
| 20      | CHANDIGARH                                                      | CHANDIGARH (CE)               |
| 21      | CHHATTISGARH                                                    |                               |
| 22      |                                                                 | RAIPUR                        |
| 23      |                                                                 | JAGDALPUR                     |
| 24      | DAMAN & DIU                                                     |                               |
| 25      | DELHI                                                           | DELHI DIAL) IGI AIRPORT       |
| 26      |                                                                 | SAFDARJUNG                    |
| 27      | GOA                                                             | GOA (CE)                      |
| 28      | GUJARAT                                                         | AHMEDABAD (SVBPI              |
| 29      |                                                                 | SURAT                         |
| 30      |                                                                 | BHAVNAGAR                     |
| 31      |                                                                 | KANDLA                        |
| 32      |                                                                 | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)             |
| 33      |                                                                 | PORBANDAR                     |
| 34      |                                                                 | RAJKOT                        |
| 35      |                                                                 | VADODARA                      |
| 36      |                                                                 | BHUJ                          |
| 37      |                                                                 | JAMNAGAR                      |
| 38      |                                                                 | MUNDRA                        |
|         | HARYANA                                                         | HISAR                         |
| 39      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                | KANGRA GAGGAL)                |
| 40 41   |                                                                 | KULLU BHUNTAR)                |

| 42   |                   | SHIMLA                  |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 43   | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | SRINAGAR (CE            |
| 44   |                   | JAMMU                   |
| 45   |                   | LEH (CE)                |
| 46   | JHARKHAND         | JAMSHEDPUR              |
| 47   |                   | RANCHI                  |
| 48   | KARNATAKA         | MANGLURU                |
| 49   |                   | BELAGAVI                |
| 50   |                   | HUBBALLI                |
| 51   |                   | KALABURGI               |
| 52   |                   | MAYSURU                 |
| 53   |                   | BANGLORE (BIAL)         |
|      |                   | VIDYANAGAR              |
| 55   | KERALA            | CALICUT                 |
| 56   |                   | THIRUVANANTHPURAM       |
| 57   |                   | COCHIN (CIAL)           |
| 58   |                   | KANNUR (KIAL)           |
| 59   | LAKSHDWEEP ISLAND | AGATTI                  |
| 60   | MADHYA PRADESH    | INDORE                  |
| 61   |                   | BHOPAL                  |
| 62   |                   | JABALPUR                |
| 63   |                   | KHAJURAHO               |
| 64   |                   | GWALIOR                 |
| 65   | MAHARASHTRA       | MUMBAT (MAL)CSI AIRPORT |
| 66   |                   | NAGPUR                  |
| 67   |                   | AURANGABAD              |
| 68   |                   | PUNE (CE)               |
| 69   |                   | AKOLA                   |
| 70   |                   | GONDIA                  |
| 71   |                   | JALGAON                 |
| 72   |                   | JUHU (MUMBAI)           |
| 73   |                   | KOLHAPUR                |
|      |                   | SHOLAPUR                |
|      |                   | SHIRDI                  |
| 76   |                   | NANDED                  |
| 77   |                   | NASIK (HAL OZAR)        |
| 78   | MANIPUR           | IMPHAL                  |
| 79   | MEGHALAYA         | SHILLONG (UMROI)        |
| 80   | MIZORAM           | LENGPUI (AIZWAL)        |
| 81   | NAGALAND          | DIMAPUR                 |
| 82   | ORISSA            | BHUBANESWAR             |
| 83   |                   | ROURKELA                |
| 84   |                   | JHARSUGUDA              |
| 85   | PUDUCHERRY        | PUDUCHERRY              |
| 86   | PUNJAB            | AMRITSAR                |

| 87                 | LUDHIANA                 |
|--------------------|--------------------------|
| 88                 | ADAMPUR (CE_ (JALANDHAR) |
| 89                 | BHATINDA                 |
| 90                 | PATHANKOT                |
| 91 RAJASTHAN       | JAIPUR                   |
| 92                 | KISHANGARH               |
| 93                 | KOTA                     |
| 94                 | UDAIPUR                  |
| 95                 | BIKANER                  |
| 96                 | JAISALMER                |
| 97                 | JODHPUR                  |
| 98 SIKKIM          | PAKYONG                  |
| 99 TAMIL NADU      | CHENNAI                  |
| 100                | COIMBATORE               |
| 101                | TIRUCHIRAPALLI           |
| 102                | MADURAI                  |
| 103                | SALEM                    |
| 104                | TUTICORIN                |
| 105 TELANGANA      | HYDERABAD(BEGUMPET)      |
| 106                | HYDERABAD HIAL)          |
| 107 TRIPURA        | AGARTALA                 |
| 108 UTTAR PRADESH  |                          |
| 109                | LUCKNOW                  |
| 110                | VARANASI                 |
| 111                | FAIZABAD (AAI)           |
| 112                | KANPUR (CIVIL)           |
| 113                | MEERUT (AAI)             |
| 114                | MORADABAD                |
| 115                | AGRA                     |
| 116                | BAREILLY (CE)            |
| 117                | GORAKHPUR                |
| 118                | HINDON (CE)              |
| 119                | KANPUR (CHAKERI)         |
| 120                |                          |
| 121 UTTARAKHAND    | DEHRADUN                 |
| 122                | PANT NAGAR               |
| 123                | PITHORAGARH              |
| 124 WEST BENGAL    | KOLKATA (NSCI)           |
| 125                | BAGDOGRA (CE)            |
| 126                | BEHALA                   |
| 127                | COOCH BEHAR              |
| 128                | DURGAPUR                 |
| CE = Civil Enclave |                          |