Lok Sabha Question No. 798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Revival of Airports/Airstrips
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, ABHISHEK SINGH, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 8 798 (To be answered o the 28th April 2016)

## REVIVAL OF AIRPORTSIAIRSTRIPS

SHRI KAMAL NATH

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of airportslairstrips in the country lying idle and not used for commercial purposes;
- (C) if s0, the details of the airports and airstrips likely to be revived and
- (6) whether the Union Government has prepared an action plan to revive 160 airports and airstrips across the country;
- revenue involved in reviving the same and source of mobilizing revenue; (d) the role to be played by the State Governments in reviving the said
- (e) the funds allocated, released and spent by the Government under air connectivity scheme to connect remote towns and cities by air? regional

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (2): The list of non-operational airports of Airports Authority of India (AAD and operational airports of AAI which have no scheduled flight operations are at Annexure-I and Annexure-Il respectively.
- (b) to (d): The proposal for revival of airstripslairports is presently under active consideration in the Government:
- (e): No funds have been allocated for Regional Connectivity Scheme in the current financial year.
- airports and airstrips; and

## LIST OF NON-OPERATIONALIUNUSED AIRPORTS OF AAI (STATE-WISE)

| S.No:   | Name of the State   | Name of the Airports   |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | Donakonda              |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   | Daparizo               |
| 3       |                     | Passighat .            |
| 4       |                     | Tezu                   |
| 5_      | Assam               | Rupsi                  |
| 6.      |                     | Shella                 |
|         | Bihar               | Jogbani                |
| 8       |                     | Muzaffarpur            |
| 9       |                     | Raxaul                 |
| 10_     | Chhatisgarh         | Bilaspur               |
| 11.     | Gujarat             | Deesa (Palanpur)       |
| 12.     | Jharkhand           | Chakulia               |
| 13.     |                     | Deoghar                |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh      | Khandwa                |
| 15.     |                     | Panna                  |
| 16      |                     | Satna                  |
| 17.     | Mizoram             | Aizwal                 |
| 18.     | Odisha              | Jharsuguda             |
| 19_     | Rajasthan           | Kishangarh             |
| 20_     | Telangana           | Nadirgul               |
| 21_     |                     | Warangal               |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu          | Vellore                |
| 23      | Tripura             | Kailashahar            |
| 24.     |                     | Kamalpur               |
| 25_     |                     | Khowai                 |
| 26_     | Uttar Pradesh       | Lalitpur               |
| 27 .    | West Bengal         | Asansol                |
|         |                     | Behala                 |
| 29_     |                     | Balurghat              |
| 30.     |                     | Malda                  |

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## LIST OF AAI OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS

| SNo:   | Name of State / UT   | AirportICivil Enclave   |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|        | ANDHRA PRADESH       | CUDDAPAH                |
| 2      | DELHI (UT)           |                         |
| 3      | GUJARAT              | KANDLA                  |
| 4      |                      | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)       |
|        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | SHIMLA                  |
| 6      | KARNATAKA            | HAL BANGALORE           |
| 7      |                      | MYSORE                  |
| 8      | MAHARASHTRA          | AKOLA                   |
|        |                      | GONDIA                  |
| 10     |                      | JALGAON                 |
| 11     |                      | JUHU (MUMBAI)           |
| 12     |                      | KOLHAPUR                |
| 13     |                      | SHOLAPUR                |
| 14     | PUNJAB               | BHATINDA (CE)           |
| 15     |                      | LUDHIANA                |
| 16     |                      | PATHANKOT (CE)          |
| 17     | RAJASTHAN            | BIKANER (CE)            |
| 18     |                      | JAISALMER (CE)          |
| 19     |                      | KOTA                    |
| 20     | TELANGANA            | HYDERABAD (BEGUMPET)    |
| 21     | TAMIL NADU           | SALEM                   |
| 22     |                      | THANJAVUR (CE)          |
| 23     | UTTAR PRADESH        | KANPUR (CHAKERI(CE)     |
| 24     |                      | KANPUR (CIVIL)          |
| 25     | WEST BENGAL          | COOCH BEHAR             |

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