Lok Sabha Question No. 1946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1946 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  28th July 2022 )

## NEW AIRPORTS

1946.    SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR CHAUDHARY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

CIVIL  AVIATION

(a):    Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation    has  accorded  'in-principle'  approval for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi,  Vijayapura,  Hassan  and  Shivamogga  in  Karnataka, Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar (Rajkot) in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi (Nellore), Bhogapuram and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim,  Kannur  in  Kerala  and  Hollongi  (Itanagar)  in  Arunachal Pradesh. So far, eight Greenfield airports namely Durgapur, Shirdi, Sindhudurg, Pakyong, Kannur, Kalaburagi, Orvakal and Kushinagar have been operationalized.;;

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  number  of  new  airports  proposed  to  be  developed  by  the Government at present;
- (b)  the  number  of  airports  sanctioned/proposed  to  be  sanctioned during the financial year 2022-2023;
- (c) whether the proposed civil airports at Sarsawa in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh are also sanctioned for construction during financial year 2022-23; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

Besides,  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation  has  also  launched  Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) in October, 2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel  affordable  to  the  masses.  The  expansion/development  of airports under the scheme is 'demand driven', depending upon firm commitment  from  airline  operators  as  well  as  from  the  State

Government for providing various concessions. ; Up till now, 156 RCS airports including 14 water aerodromes & 36 Helipads have been identified for operation of RCS flights therefrom. As on date, 68 airports across the country have been revived/operationalized and these 68 airports also include 7 Greenfield Airports,  2 Water Aerodromes & 8 Heliports under RCSUDAN scheme. The list of 68 airports State-wise is at Annexure.; (b): In Financial Year 2022-23, Government of India has granted 'Site Clearance'  to  the  State  Government  of  Himachal  Pradesh  for development  of    a  new  Greenfield  airport  at  Nagchala,  Mandi  in Himachal Pradesh.; ; Further,  35  airports/helipads/water  aerodromes  are  targeted  for development during FY 2022-23 under RCS-UDAN. ; (c)  &  (d):  An  amount  of  Rs.  80    crore  has  been    sanctioned  for development of Sarsawa airport in Saharanpur.

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## Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1946  for 28.07.2022 regarding 'New Airports'

## List of 68 RCS Airports operationalized

## (Including  7 Greenfield Airports,  8 Heliports & 2 Water Aerodromes)

|   S No. | State             | Airport                             | Date of Operationalisation   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved) (Round- 1)     | 27-April-2017                |
|       2 |                   | Kurnool (Round-3)                   | 28-March-2021                |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Pasighat (Round -2)                 | 24-May-2021                  |
|       4 |                   | Tezu (Round -2)                     | 19-August-2021               |
|       5 | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved) (Round-2)      | 1-Aug-2018                   |
|       6 |                   | Lilabari (Underserved) (Round- 2)   | 15-Jan-2019                  |
|       7 |                   | Tezpur (Underserved) (Round- 2)     | 26-April-2018                |
|       8 |                   | Rupsi (Round-2)                     | 08-05-2021                   |
|       9 | Bihar             | Darbhanga (Round-2)                 | 08-Nov-2020                  |
|      10 | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur (Round-1)                 | 14-June-2018                 |
|      11 |                   | Bilaspur (Round-1)                  | 1-March-2021                 |
|      12 | Daman & Diu       | Diu (Underserved) (Round-1)         | 24-Feb-2018                  |
|      13 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)   | 1-May-2018                   |
|      14 |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)    | 17-Feb-2018                  |
|      15 |                   | Kandla (Round-1)                    | 1-July-2017                  |
|      16 |                   | Mundra (Round-1)                    | 17-Feb-2018                  |
|      17 |                   | Porbandar (Underserved) (Round-1)   | 10-July-2017                 |
|      18 | 19.               | Statue of Unity (W) (Round-3)       | 31-Oct-2020                  |
|      20 | 21.               | Sabarmati River Front (W) (Round-3) | 31-Oct-2020                  |
|      22 |                   | Keshod (Round-2)                    | 16-April-2022                |
|      23 | Haryana           | Hissar (Round-2)                    | 14-Jan-2021                  |
|      24 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla (Round-1)                    | 27-April-2017                |
|      25 |                   | Kullu (Underserved) (Round-3)       | 13-May-2019                  |
|      26 |                   | Mandi (Heliport) (Round-2)          | 09-Dec-2021                  |
|      27 |                   | Rampur Hut (Heliport) (Round-       | 14-Dec-2021                  |

| S No.   | State            | Airport                             | Date of Operationalisation   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|         |                  | 2)                                  |                              |
| 28.     | Jharkhand        | Deoghar (Unserved) (Round 4.1)      | 12-Jul-2022                  |
| 29.     | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved) (Round-3)     | 1-May-2019                   |
| 30.     |                  | Hubli (Underserved) (Round-2)       | 14-May-2018                  |
| 31.     |                  | Mysore (Round-1)                    | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 32.     |                  | Vidyanagar (Round-1)                | 21-Sep-2017                  |
| 33.     |                  | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Round-3)      | 22-Nov-2019                  |
| 34.     |                  | Bidar (Round-1)                     | 07-Feb-2020                  |
| 35.     | Kerala           | Kannur (Round-2)                    | 25-Jan-2019                  |
| 36.     | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior (Underserved) (Round- 1)    | 31-May-2017                  |
| 37.     | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon (Round-1)                   | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 38.     |                  | Kolhapur (Round-1)                  | 8-April-2018                 |
| 39.     |                  | Nanded (Round-1)                    | 27-April-2017                |
| 40.     |                  | Ozar (Nasik) (Round-1)              | 23-Dec-2017                  |
| 41.     |                  | Sindhudurg (Round-3)                | 09-Oct-2021                  |
| 42.     |                  | Gondia (Round-4)                    | 13-March-2022                |
| 43.     | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved) (Round- 1)   | 26-April-2018                |
| 44.     | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved) (Round- 3)    | 07-Dec-2019                  |
| 45.     | Odisha           | Jharsuguda (Round-1)                | 22-Sep-2018                  |
| 46.     | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved) (Round-1) | 16-Aug-2017                  |
| 47.     | Punjab           | Adampur (Round-1)                   | 1-May-2018                   |
| 48.     |                  | Bhatinda (Round-1)                  | 27-April-2017                |
| 49.     |                  | Ludhiana (Round-1)                  | 2-Sep-2017                   |
| 50.     |                  | Pathankot (Round-1)                 | 5-April-2018                 |
| 51.     | Rajasthan        | Bikaner (Round-1)                   | 26-Sep-2017                  |
| 52.     |                  | Jaisalmer (Round-1)                 | 29-Oct-2017                  |
| 53.     |                  | Kishangarh (Round-2)                | 8-Oct-2018                   |
| 54.     | Sikkim           | Pakyong (Round-2)                   | 4-Oct-2018                   |
| 55.     | Tamil Nadu       | Salem (Round -1)                    | 25-Mar-2018                  |
| 56.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved) (Round-1)        | 8-Dec-2017                   |
| 57.     |                  | Allahabad (Underserved) (Round-2)   | 14-June-2018                 |
| 58.     |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri) (Round-1)           | 3-July-2018                  |
| 59.     |                  | Hindon (Round-2)                    | 11-Oct-2019                  |
| 60.     |                  | Bareilly (Round-2)                  | 08-March-2021                |

|   S No. | State       | Airport                            | Date of Operationalisation   |
|---------|-------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|      61 |             | Kushinagar (Round-3)               | 26-Nov-2021                  |
|      62 | Uttarakhand | Pantnagar (Underserved) (Round-1)  | 4-Jan-2019                   |
|      63 |             | Pithoragarh (Round-2)              | 17-Jan-2019                  |
|      64 |             | Sahastradhara - Heliport (Round-2) | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      65 |             | Chinyalisaur - Heliport (Round-2)  | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      66 |             | Gaucher - Heliport (Round-2)       | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      67 |             | New Tehri - Heliport (Round-2)     | 29-July-2020                 |
|      68 |             | Srinagar - Heliport (Round-2)      | 29-July-2020                 |
|      69 |             | Haldwani - Heliport (Round-2)      | 08-Oct-2021                  |
|      70 | West Bengal | Durgapur(Underserved) (Round- 1)   | 25-June-2019                 |

W- Water Aerodrome *****