Lok Sabha Question No. 2935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Land for Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 2935 (To be answered on the sth August 2021)

## LAND FOR AIRPORTS

2935. SHRI AJAY NISHAD

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if s0, the details thereof especially in Bihar;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Union Government has requested various State Governments to release land for airports;
- (c) the details of Iand released by the State Government s0 far;
- (e) if sO, the details thereof?
- (d) whether the Union Government has formulated any policy with regard to land acquisition for construction 0f airports in the country; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

(a) to (c): The state-wise.details of land requirements projected by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to various State Governments/UTs for development of airports and the land handed over by the State Governments to AAI are at Annexure.

(d) & (e): The Government of India has formulated the National Civil Aviation  Policy-2016, which inter-alia provides that the land for the development of the airport is to be provided by the respective State Government free of cost and free from all encumbrances.

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| StatelAirport       | Land requirement projected by AAI (In Acres   | Land allotted by the State Govt: (in Acres)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar |                                               |                                               |
| Port Blair          | 1.55                                          | 1,55                                          |
| Andbra Pradesh      |                                               |                                               |
| Tirupathi           | 1043.00                                       | 1028.46                                       |
| Vijayawada          | 698.00                                        | 700.00                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                                               |                                               |
| Hollongi            | 667.00                                        | 667.00                                        |
| Tezu                | 5.50                                          | Nil                                           |
| Assam               |                                               |                                               |
| Guwahati            | 177.00                                        | Nil                                           |
| Dibrugarh           | 78.50                                         | 8.50                                          |
| Lilabari            | 84,00                                         | Nil                                           |
| Jorhat              | 50.00                                         | Nil                                           |
| Bihar               |                                               |                                               |
| Patna               | 49.50                                         | 16.50                                         |
| Gaya                | 212.76                                        | 27.23                                         |
| Bihta               | 307.50                                        | 108.00                                        |
| Purnia              | 51.00                                         | Nil                                           |
| Darbhanga           | 78.00                                         | Nil                                           |
| Goa                 | 9.44                                          | Nil                                           |
| Gujarat             |                                               |                                               |
| Bhavnagar           | 490.36                                        | Nil                                           |
| Kandla              | 322.85                                        | Nil                                           |
| Porbandar           | 434.50                                        | Nil                                           |

| Surat           | 2193.93   | Nil    |
|-----------------|-----------|--------|
| Vadodara        | 18.33     | Nil    |
| Jharkhand       |           |        |
| Ranchi          | 506.40    | Nil    |
| Deoghar         | 635.75    | 653.75 |
| Karnataka       |           |        |
| Mysore          | 240.00    | Nil    |
| Belagavi        | 43.65     | Nil    |
| Kerala          |           |        |
| Calicut         | 152.50    | Nil    |
| Madhya Pradesh  |           |        |
| Jabalpur        | 14.78     | 14.78  |
| Indore          | 2314.52   | Nil    |
| Bhopal          | 20.76     | Nil    |
| Maharashtra     |           |        |
| Aurangabad      | 182.00    | Nil    |
| Akola           | 84.00     | Nil    |
| Gondia          | 47.60     | Nil    |
| Jalgaon         | 24.00     | Nil    |
| Kolhapur        | 91.14     | 27.00  |
| Nagaland        |           |        |
| Dimapur         | 337.00    | Nil    |
| Odisha          |           |        |
| Jharsuguda      | 297.00    | 119.00 |
| Puducherry (UT) |           |        |
| Puducherry      | 351.00    | Nil    |
| Punjab          |           |        |

Annexure A (referred to in part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2935 dated 05.08.2021)

| Adampur       | 40.00   | 37.56   |
|---------------|---------|---------|
| Halwara       | 135.54  | 135,54  |
| Rajasthan     |         |         |
| Kota          | 1675.00 | Nil     |
| Jaipur        |         | Nil     |
| Bikaner       | 58.88   | Nil     |
| Jodhpur       | 18.90   | Nil     |
| Udaipur       | 145.00  | Nil     |
| Uttarlai      | 3.00    | Nil     |
| Sikkim        |         |         |
| Pakyong       | 7.42    | 7.42    |
| Tamil Nadu    |         |         |
| Chennai       | 93.04   |         |
| Madurai       | 615.92  | 528.88  |
| Trichy        | 683.11  | 35.68   |
| Tuticorin     | 697.00  | 600.97  |
| Vellore       | 62.07   | 49.70   |
| Salem         | 566.00  | Nil     |
| Coimbatore    | 627.89  | Nil     |
| Uttar Pradesh |         |         |
| Kushinagar    | 34.00   | NIL     |
| Sarsawa       | 60.98   | 65.04   |
| Ayodhya       | 660.00  | Nil     |
| Muirpur       | 18.62   | 7.18    |
| Gorakhpur     | 60.00   | Nil     |
| Agra          | 57.09   | 49.80   |
| Varanasi      | 360.00  | Nil     |
| Iripura       |         |         |

Annexure A (referred to in part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2935 dated 05.08.2021)

| Agartala    |        | 57.07 3.07   |
|-------------|--------|--------------|
| West Benqal |        |              |
| Bagdogra    | 104,65 | Nil          |