(a) the amount spent by the Government on the maintenance of non-operational Airports during the last two years;
(b) the annual amount being spent on maintenance of each of these Airports; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to make up the losses as a result thereof particularly in view of shortage of funds?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a), (b) & (c) :- The amount spent on maintenance of
non-operational airports and Civil Enclaves(CE) during
1998-99 and 1999-2000 was Rs.239.45 lakhs and Rs.284.11
lakhs respectively. The amount spent on maintenance of
these airports for the last two years is as under:-
Airport 1998-99 1999-2000 (Rs. in lakhs)This minimum maintenance is required so that these airports can be made operational at a short notice as they are required for chartered or nonscheduled flights.
Gorakhpur-CE 6.34 8.27 Jaisalmer-CE 8.76 16.85 Bikaner-CE 22.78 22.86 Chakri-CE 6.29 7.15 Behala 44.11 51.16 Belurghat 2.63 2.84 Coochbehar 52.44 56.7 Malda 7.49 8.3 Donakonda 0.35 0.35 Cuddapah 6.72 8.66 Kailashahar 29.92 44.4 Khowai 2.58 3.03 Kamalpur 1.09 1.28 Rupsi 7.67 0.61