New Delhi: Minister of State for Civil Aviation K.C. Venugopal informed the Rajya Sabha that 17 airports had been proposed in the 12th Plan period between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2017.
The airports would be located at Mopa, Goa, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Hassan, Shimoga, Karnataka, Aranmula (Pathanamthitta) and Kannur in Kerala, Sindhudurg, Navi Mumbai and Shirdi in Maharashtra, Darba in Madhya Pradesh, Karaikal in Pudducherry, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Andal-Faridpur in West Bengal, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, Kishangarh (Ajmer) in Rajasthan and Deoghar in Jharkhand.
The government had earlier stated that it will look to connect more cities apart from metros with airport development.
"We need more connectivity to smaller cities. There is also the need to build low-cost airports at these places. This will surely encourage a growth in passenger traffic," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had told IANS in an exclusive interview last year.
06/08/13 IANS/News Track India
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The airports would be located at Mopa, Goa, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Hassan, Shimoga, Karnataka, Aranmula (Pathanamthitta) and Kannur in Kerala, Sindhudurg, Navi Mumbai and Shirdi in Maharashtra, Darba in Madhya Pradesh, Karaikal in Pudducherry, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Andal-Faridpur in West Bengal, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, Kishangarh (Ajmer) in Rajasthan and Deoghar in Jharkhand.
The government had earlier stated that it will look to connect more cities apart from metros with airport development.
"We need more connectivity to smaller cities. There is also the need to build low-cost airports at these places. This will surely encourage a growth in passenger traffic," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had told IANS in an exclusive interview last year.
06/08/13 IANS/News Track India
