(a) the number and names of Air Strips and their locations in North East Region;
(b) whether these Air Strips are operational; and
(c) if not, the steps taken to operationalise these Air Strips?
(a) the number and names of Air Strips and their locations in North East Region;
(b) whether these Air Strips are operational; and
(c) if not, the steps taken to operationalise these Air Strips?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a) :- Airports Authority of India (AAI) is maintaining four
airports at Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Lilabari and Rupsi and
three Civil Enclaves at Silchar, Jorhat and Tejpur in Assam;
one airport at Passighat and four Civil Enclave at Along,
Daparizo, Zero and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh; Imphal airport
at Manipur; Lengpui airport at Mizoram; Shillong airport at
Meghalaya; Dimapur airport in Nagaland; and four airports at
Agartala, Kamalpur, Kailashahar and Khowai in Tripura
states. There is no airport in the State of Sikkim.
(b) :- Airports at Rupsi, Passighat, Kamalpur, Kailashahar,
Khowai, and Civil Enclaves at Along, Daparizo, Zero, Tezu
are non-operational.
(c) :- Since no Airline has requested for operation of civil
flights from these airstrips, AAI has no proposal to
operationalise the non-operational airstrips.