Civil Aviation Ministry identified Nagarjunasagar water aerodrome under UDAN scheme: MoS V. K. Singh
The Hindu
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that Nagarjunasagar water aerodrome has been identified under the UDAN scheme for development. The Ministry has made a provision of ₹20 crore under revival of unserved and underserved airports scheme for the development of water aerodrome and seaplane operations. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. V. K. Singh (retd.) said in the Lok Sabha that Adilabad, Aleru & Kagazpur airports/airstrips were available in the tentative list of unserved airport in the UDAN Scheme document.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that Nagarjunasagar water aerodrome has been identified under the UDAN scheme for development.
The Ministry has made a provision of ₹20 crore under revival of unserved and underserved airports scheme for the development of water aerodrome and seaplane operations. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. V. K. Singh (retd.) said in the Lok Sabha that Adilabad, Aleru & Kagazpur airports/airstrips were available in the tentative list of unserved airport in the UDAN Scheme document.
However, Jakranpally (Nizamabad), Palvancha, Mahbubnagar, Mamnoor (Warangal) and Basantnagar (Peddapalli) airstrips were not listed in the tentative list of unserved airports in the UDAN document. “However, these airstrips may be included in the list on the request of the State Government of Telangana, as per the provisions of UDAN Scheme document,” the Minister said.
He was replying to a query by Congress MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on whether the Telangana Government had proposed the development/revival/upgradation of airports in these five locations. Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy also wanted to know whether Nagarjunasagar was identified for development under the water Aerodrome category.
Gen. Singh said four rounds of bidding had been completed under the UDAN scheme so far. Airports Authority of India, the implementing agency, awarded 66 UDAN routes in Telangana so far under the concluded bidding rounds of which 42 routes had been operationalised. He clarified that UDAN was a market driven scheme and interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes would submit their proposals at the time of bidding under the scheme.