Lok Sabha Question No. 735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Functional Airports in North-Eastern Region
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 735

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7th December 2023 )

## FUNCTIONAL AIRPORTS IN NORTH-EASTERN REGION

## 735.    SHRI VINCENT H. PALA Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  details  of  functioning/non-functioning  Airports  in  the  NorthEastern Region (NER) States and the reasons for non-functioning of these Airports;
- (b) the number of Airports under construction and the time by which these are likely to be completed;
- (c) the details of privatised airports as on date; and
- (d)  the  number  of  sanctioned  and  vacant  posts  in  every  airport  in NER, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

CIVIL  AVIATION

(a): The details of functioning/ non-functioning Airports in the NorthEastern Region (NER) States are attached as Annexure-I.;

- (b):  Government  of  India  has  accorded  'In-Principle'  approval  for setting up of 21 new 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  Rajkot 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 across  the country. Out  of these, 12 Greenfield airports viz. Durgapur,  Shirdi,  Kannur,  Pakyong,  Kalaburagi,  Orvakal  (Kurnool),

Sindhudurg,  Kushinagar,  Itanagar,  Mopa,  Shivamogga  and  Rajkot have been operationalised. The timeline for completion of airports depends upon various factors such as land acquisition, mandatory clearances,  removal  of  obstacles,  financial  closure  etc.  by  the respective airport developers.

(c): As on date, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has leased out eight of  its  airports  at  Delhi,  Mumbai,  Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Mangaluru, Jaipur,  Guwahati  and  Thiruvananthapuram  for  better  operations, management  and  development  of  these  airports under Public Private  Partnership  (PPP).  The  details  of  companies  that  currently run these airports are as follows: (1) Indira Gandhi  International  Airport,  New  Delhi  -  M/s  Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) (2)  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai  -  M/s Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) (3)  Chaudhary  Charan  Singh  International  Airport,  Lucknow  -  M/s Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL) (4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad - M/s Ahmedabad International Airport Limited (AIAL) (5)  Mangaluru  International  Airport  -  M/s  Mangaluru  International Airport Limited (MaIAL) (6)  Jaipur  International  Airport  -  M/s  Jaipur  International  Airport Limited (JIAL) (7) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati - M/s Guwahati International Airport Limited (GIAL) (8) Thiruvananthapuram  International Airport -M/s TRV-Kerala

- International Airport Limited (TIAL);

(d):  The  details  of  sanctioned and vacant posts of Airports in NER are attached as Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.735 to be answered on 07.12.2023

Operational/Non-Operational Airports in NER

|   Sl. No. | STATE             | AIRPORT                    | STATUS (OPERATIONAL/ NON-OPERATIONAL)   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | DONYI POLO (ITANAGAR)      | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | PASSIGHAT (CE)             | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | TEZU                       | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         4 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | ZIRO                       | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         5 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | DAPARIZO                   | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |
|         6 | ASSAM             | DIBRUGARH (MOHANBARI)      | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         7 | ASSAM             | GUWAHATI (LGBI)            | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         8 | ASSAM             | JORHAT                     | OPERATIONAL                             |
|         9 | ASSAM             | LILABARI (NORTH LAKHIMPUR) | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        10 | ASSAM             | RUPSI                      | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        11 | ASSAM             | SILCHAR                    | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        12 | ASSAM             | TEZPUR                     | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        13 | MANIPUR           | IMPHAL                     | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        14 | MEGHALAYA         | BARAPANI (SHILLONG)        | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        15 | MEGHALAYA         | SHELLA                     | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |
|        16 | MIZORAM           | LENGPUI (AIZWAL)           | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        17 | MIZORAM           | AIZAWL (TURIAL)            | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |
|        18 | NAGALAND          | DIMAPUR                    | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        19 | SIKKIM            | PAKYONG                    | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        20 | TRIPURA           | AGARTALA                   | OPERATIONAL                             |
|        21 | TRIPURA           | KAILASHAHAR                | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |
|        22 | TRIPURA           | KAMALPUR                   | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |
|        23 | TRIPURA           | KHOWAI                     | NON-OPERATIONAL                         |

ANNEXURE-II referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 735 to be answered on 07.12.2023

| State             | Airports            | Total      | Total   | Total   |
|-------------------|---------------------|------------|---------|---------|
|                   |                     | Sanctioned | Actual  | Vacant  |
| Assam             | RHQ-NER/ Guwahati   | 514        | 374     | 140     |
| Assam             | Dibrugarh           | 108        | 66      | 42      |
| Assam             | Jorhat              | 21         | 7       | 14      |
| Assam             | Lilabari            | 48         | 31      | 17      |
| Assam             | Rupsi               | 11         | 13      | -2      |
| Assam             | Silchar             | 46         | 18      | 28      |
| Assam             | Tezpur              | 19         | 3       | 16      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar            | 32         | 41      | -9      |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu                | 13         | 18      | -5      |
| Mizoram           | Aizawl              | 29         | 0       | 29      |
| Mizoram           | Lengpui             | 53         | 35      | 18      |
| Tripura           | Agartala            | 142        | 105     | 37      |
| Meghalaya         | Barapani (Shillong) | 45         | 27      | 18      |
| Nagaland          | Dimapur             | 87         | 54      | 33      |
| Manipur           | Imphal              | 88         | 87      | 1       |
| Total             | Total               | 1256       | 879     | 377*    |