(a) the details of the airports where upgradation and expansion works have been carried out during each of the last three years;
(b) the amount spent thereon, airport-wise;
(c) whether the Government are contemplating to carry out such works at some other airports also during 2001-2002;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government are contemplating to upgrade the status of some airports to bring them at par with the international airport; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) & (f) :- A Statement is laid on the
table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) & (f) OF
LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.17 FOR ANSWER ON 23.7.2001
REGARDING EXPANSION AND UPGRADATION OF AIRPORTS.
(a), (b), (c) & (d) :- Upgradation and expansion works have
been carried out in 1998-99 in Bhubaneswar, Goa, Mumbai, New
Delhi, Kolkata and Thiruvanthapuram Airports. Major
Communication Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) / Air Traffic
Management(ATM) projects have been completed at Kolkata,
Chennai, Tezpur, Allahabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Delhi, Agra,
Srinagar, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Patna, Silchar and Leh. In
1999-2000 upgradation and expansion works were carried out
and completed at Patna, Indore, Jabalpur, Rajkot, Bangalore,
Tirupati, Vijayawada, Silchar, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and
Thiruvananthapuram. Major CNS/ATM projects were completed
during 1999-2000 at Nagpur, Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai,
Allahabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Varanasi,
Mangalore, Guwahati, Udaipur, Bhopal, Indore, Aurangabad,
Calicut, Cochin, Tura, Lengpui, Kargil, Jaipur, Chandigarh,
Agra, Gwalior, Bhuj, Jam Nagar and Pune. In 2000-2001,
upgradation and expansion works have been carried out at
Baroda, Ahmedabad, Port Blair, Imphal, Trichy, Calicut,
Hyderabad, Bagdogra, Guwahati, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and
Thiruvananthapuram. Major CNS/ATM projects have been
completed during the year at Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhopal,
Mangalore, Jammu and Imphal. The expenditure on the above
works have been Rs.319.87 crores in 1998-99, Rs.360.63 crores
in 1999-2000 and Rs.348.68 crores in 2000-2001. The amount
spent on major airports of Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi,
Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram are Rs.117.72, Rs.42.98,
Rs.144.66, Rs.82.26 and Rs.13.99 crores respectively.
Airport upgradation and expansion works are being
undertaken during the current year at Kangra, Jaipur, Jammu,
Leh, Lucknow, Pathankot, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Gaya, Bhuj,
Jabalpur, Porbandar, Rajamundry, Agartala, Dimapur, Guwahati,
Tezpur, Lilabari and Imphal.
(e) & (f) :- There is no plan at present to declare more
airports as international.