As of now, the Government has given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up of new Greenfield airports for public use at Navi Mumbai and Sindhudurg in Mahrashtra; Mopa in Goa; Bijapur, Simoga, Hassan and Gulbarga in Karnataka; Kannur in Kerala; Pakyong in Sikking; Durgapur in West Bengal; Paladi/Jaipur in Rajasthan and Datia/Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
Keeping in view the enormous growth in air passengers, which had put pressure on airport infrastructure, the government had announced the Greenfield airport policy in April, 2008, in order to encourage infusion of greater investments in the airport sector.
The above information was given by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
