(a) the names of domestic airports in the country and the non-operational airports out of them as on date;
(b) whether any due attention has been paid towards the development of these non-operational airports;
(c) whether any financial provision has been made for the development of these airports during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, airport-wise?
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THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION
(SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
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(a), (b), (c) & (d) :- A Statement is laid on the Table on
the Sabha.
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 317 FOR ANSWER ON 16.3.2000 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NON
OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS.
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(a) :- The names of operational and non-operational domestic airports are
as under:-
Operationao airports:-
Agartala, Agatti, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhopal,
Bhubneshwar, Calicut, Coimbatore, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Dehradun,
Gaggal(Kangra), Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jaipur, Jabalpur,
Kullu, Kangra(Gaggal), Keshod, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Patna,
Porbandar, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shimla, Trichy, Tirupati, Vadodara,
Varanasi, Behala, Belgaum, Coochbehar, Juhu, Safdarjung, Gaya, Hubli,
Kandla, Kanpur, Kota, Ludhiana, North Lakhimpur, Pantnagar, Pondicherry,
Salem, Shillong, Tuticorin, Vellore, Vijayawada, Rajamundry - Civil
Enclaves - Agra, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Bhuj, Chandigarh, Goa, Gwalior,
Jaisalmer, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Leh, Port Blair, Pune,
Silchar, Srinagar, Tejpur, Teju, Vishakapatnam and Zero.
Non-Operational airports:-
Aizwal(Turial), Akola, Balurghat, Bilaspur, Chakulia, Cuddapah,
Disa(Palanpur), Donakonda, Hassan, Hadapsar, Jhansi, Jharsuguda, Jogbani,
Kailashahar, Kamalpur, Khandawa, Khowai, Kolhapur, Lalitpur, Malda,
Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nadirgul, Panna, Passighat, Razaul, Rupsi, Satna,
Shella, Sholapur, Warrangal - Civil Enclaves - Cochin, Daporizo,
Gorakhpur, Kanpur(Chakeri), Nal(Bikaner) and Allahabad.
(b), (c) & (d) :- Upgradation of facilities at airports is a continuing
process in keeping with the demand from Scheduled airlines and
availability of resources. Airports would be made operational as and when
airlines intend to operate air services. State Governments have also been
requested to take over these airports for development and making them
operational. Airports at Kolhapur and Sholapur have been leased out to
State Government for development purposes.