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More than 1.23 cr passengers have travelled on RCS UDAN flights since inception of scheme

Newdelhi:21/7/23;More than 1.23 crore passengers have travelled on Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN Flights since the inception of the scheme. 148 Airports, including nine heliports and two water aerodromes have been developed/ operationalised till date. The list of Airports, state-wiseisat Annexure1.

The major factors for the delay in accomplishing the development/revival of airports/ Heliports & Water Aerodromes under UDAN areas under:

  1. Inability of the State Government to make land available on time.
  2. New     entrants         take       longer       time      in     getting        Schedule         Commuter Operator permits as they are not able to fulfill the requirements in time.
  3. Clearances with respect to Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) and Environmental Clearances
  4. Non-availability of suitable aircraft
  5. Leasing issues of Aircraft, long lead time for delivery of small aircraft, difficulties in procuring spares from abroad
  6. Airports, Heliports and Water Aerodromes under State Government or UT, PSU are sometimes not ready in time.

Regular monitoring of the progress of upgradation works and removal of bottlenecks in the operationalisation of airports is done toensuretimelycompletion.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Annexure

 

S. No. STATE/UT NAMEOFAIRPORT
1 A&NISLAND PORT BLAIR
2 ANDHRAPRADESH KADAPA
3 ANDHRAPRADESH KURNOOL
4 ANDHRAPRADESH RAJAHMUNDRY
5 ANDHRAPRADESH TIRUPATI
6 ANDHRAPRADESH VIJAYAWADA
7 ANDHRAPRADESH VISAKHAPATNAM
 

8

ARUNACHALPRADESH DONYIPOLO(ITANAGAR)
9 ARUNACHALPRADESH PASSIGHAT(CE)
10 ARUNACHALPRADESH TEZU
11 ARUNACHALPRADESH ZERO
12 ASSAM DIBRUGARH
13 ASSAM GUWAHATI
14 ASSAM JORHAT
15 ASSAM LILABARI (NORTHLAKHIMPUR)
16 ASSAM RUPSI
17 ASSAM SILCHAR
18 ASSAM TEZPUR
19 BIHAR DARBHANGA
20 BIHAR GAYA
21 BIHAR PATNA
22 CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH
23 CHHATTISGARH BILASPUR
24 CHHATTISGARH JAGDALPUR
25 CHHATTISGARH RAIPUR
26 DELHI DELHI(DIAL)
27 DELHI(UT) SAFDARJUNG
28 DIU DIU
29 GOA GOA
30 GOA NEWGOA(MOPA)
31 GUJARAT AHMEDABAD
32 GUJARAT BHAVNAGAR
33 GUJARAT BHUJ
34 GUJARAT JAMNAGAR
35 GUJARAT KANDLA
36 GUJARAT KESHOD(JUNAGARH)
37 GUJARAT MUNDRA
38 GUJARAT PORBANDAR
39 GUJARAT RAJKOT
 

40

GUJARAT SABARMATI RIVERFRONT(WA)
41 GUJARAT STATUEOFUNITY(WA)

 

42 GUJARAT SURAT
43 GUJARAT VADODARA
44 HARYANA HISAR
45 HIMACHALPRADESH KANGRA(GAGGAL)
46 HIMACHALPRADESH KULLU(BHUNTAR)
47 HIMACHALPRADESH MANDI(H)
48 HIMACHALPRADESH RAMPUR(H)
49 HIMACHALPRADESH SHIMLA
50 JAMMUANDKASHMIR JAMMU
51 JAMMUANDKASHMIR SRINAGAR
52 JHARKHAND DEOGHAR
53 JHARKHAND JAMSHEDPUR
54 JHARKHAND RANCHI
55 KARNATAKA BANGLORE(HAL)
56 KARNATAKA BELAGAVI
57 KARNATAKA BENGALURU(BIAL)
58 KARNATAKA BIDAR
59 KARNATAKA HUBBALLI
60 KARNATAKA JINDALVIJAYANAGAR
61 KARNATAKA KALABURAGI
62 KARNATAKA MANGLURU
63 KARNATAKA MYSURU
64 KARNATAKA SHIVAMOGGA
65 KERALA COCHIN(CIAL)
66 KERALA KANNUR(KIAL)
67 KERALA KOZHIKODE
 

68

KERALA THIRUVANANTHPURAM
69 LADHAKH LEH
70 LAKSHDWEEP ISLAND AGATTI
71 MADHYAPRADESH BHOPAL
72 MADHYAPRADESH GWALIOR(NR)
73 MADHYAPRADESH INDORE
74 MADHYAPRADESH JABALPUR
75 MADHYAPRADESH KHAJURAHO
76 MAHARASHTRA AKOLA
77 MAHARASHTRA AURANGABAD
78 MAHARASHTRA GONDIA
79 MAHARASHTRA JALGAON
80 MAHARASHTRA JUHU
81 MAHARASHTRA KOLHAPUR
82 MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI(MIAL)
83 MAHARASHTRA NAGPUR
84 MAHARASHTRA NANDED
85 MAHARASHTRA NASIK(HALOZAR)
86 MAHARASHTRA PUNE
87 MAHARASHTRA SHIRDI

 

88 MAHARASHTRA SHOLAPUR
89 MAHARASHTRA SINDHUDURG
90 MANIPUR IMPHAL
91 MEGHALAYA SHILLONG(UMROI)
92 MIZORAM LENGPUI(AIZWAL)
93 NAGALAND DIMAPUR
94 ODISHA BHUBANESWAR
95 ODISHA JEYPORE
96 ODISHA JHARSUGUDA
97 ODISHA ROURKELA
98 PUDUCHERRY(UT) PUDUCHERRY
 

99

 

PUNJAB

 

ADAMPUR(JALANDHAR)

100 PUNJAB AMRITSAR
101 PUNJAB BHATINDA
102 PUNJAB LUDHIANA
103 PUNJAB PATHANKOT
104 RAJASTHAN BIKANER
105 RAJASTHAN JAIPUR
106 RAJASTHAN JAISALMER
107 RAJASTHAN JODHPUR
108 RAJASTHAN KISHANGARH
109 RAJASTHAN KOTA
110 RAJASTHAN UDAIPUR
111 SIKKIM PAKYONG
112 TAMILNADU SALEM
113 TAMILNADU CHENNAI
114 TAMILNADU COIMBATORE
115 TAMILNADU MADURAI
116 TAMILNADU THOOTHUKUDI
117 TAMILNADU TIRUCHIRAPALLI
 

118

TELANGANA HYDERABAD(BEGUMPET)
119 TELANGANA HYDERABAD(GHIAL)
120 TRIPURA AGARTALA
121 UTTARPRADESH AGRA
122 UTTARPRADESH AYODHYA(FAIZABAD)
123 UTTARPRADESH BAREILLY
124 UTTARPRADESH GORAKHPUR
125 UTTARPRADESH HINDON
126 UTTARPRADESH KANPUR(CHAKERI)
127 UTTARPRADESH KANPUR(CIVIL)
128 UTTARPRADESH KUSHINAGAR
129 UTTARPRADESH LUCKNOW
130 UTTARPRADESH MEERUT
131 UTTARPRADESH MORADABAD
132 UTTARPRADESH PRAYAGRAJ

 

133 UTTARPRADESH VARANASI
134 UTTARAKHAND ALMORAH(H)
135 UTTARAKHAND CHINYALISAUR(H)
136 UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN
137 UTTARAKHAND GAUCHER(H)
138 UTTARAKHAND HALDWANI(H)
139 UTTARAKHAND NEWTEHRI(H)
140 UTTARAKHAND PANTNAGAR
141 UTTARAKHAND PITHORAGARH
142 UTTARAKHAND SAHASTRADHARA(H)
143 UTTARAKHAND SRINAGAR(H)
144 WESTBENGAL BAGDOGRA
145 WESTBENGAL BEHALA
146 WESTBENGAL COOCHBEHAR
147 WESTBENGAL DURGAPUR
148 WESTBENGAL KOLKATA

 

About Editor in chief

Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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