Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation V K Singh has informed that the Indian Government has given ‘In Principle’ approval to setting up twenty-one greenfield airports across the country. According to reports, India’s annual civil aviation sector growth rate currently sits at 9 per cent, but is expected to reach into the double digits for the coming years.
According to Singh’s statement these 21 airports would be set up in Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Sindhudurg and Shirdi in Maharashtra, Bijapur,Hassan, Kalaburagi and Shimoga in Karnataka, Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Jewar (Noida) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat, Karaikal in Puducherry, Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong in Sikkim, Kannur in Kerala and Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh.