(a) whether the State Governments have sought permission to start domestic air services;
(b) if so, the time since when the requests of State Governments are pending;
(c) the difficulties being faced in granting permission;and
(d) the details of the lacunae found in each of the cities for which permission
for starting air services have been sought by them including Chhattisgarh?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS & MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION
(SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)
(a) to (d): A request made by the State Govt. of Chhatisgarh to connect all the seven airports/airstrips
of Chhatisgarh by starting intra-state air services. A Joint Team comprisiing official from Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Airports Authority of India (AAI), Bureau of Civil Aviation Secruity
(BCAS) inspected Bhilai, Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Jashpur Nagar, Korba, Raigarh and Jagdalpur airport/airstrips
from 5th to 8th April 2010. The Joint Inspection Report was given to State Govt. to take necessary corrective
action. The Action Taken Report submitted by the State Government on 5.06.2010 were examined by the DGCA and
observed that many observations were not reflected in the Action Taken Report which were of significant nature
such as removal of obstacles in the approach/take off path, minimum requirement of runway strip, Runway End
Safety Area. In addition to the above, the adequate manpower for managing and maintaining the airstrip and
secruity personals as per BCAS requirements have not been mentioned in the Action Taken Report. With above
observation DGCA has written on 19.07.2010 to State Govt. to take further corrective measures.
No such request from other States Government have been received in the Ministry.