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To springiness a fillip to civilian aviation successful Andhra Pradesh, the State authorities has taken steps to conception 7 greenfield airports, including 1 successful the superior Amaravati, astatine a full estimated outgo of ₹7,472 crore, portion focusing connected making the Alluri Sitharama Raju International Airport astatine Bhogapuram operational by June 2026.
The 7 airports are projected astatine Dagadarthi (Nellore), Kuppam, Amaravati, Srikakulam, Nagarjuna Sagar (NSP), Ongole, and Anantpur (whose outgo is being assessed).
Besides, it has been decided to person airports astatine Tuni-Annavaram and Tadepalligudem.
The NSP airdrome is planned to beryllium developed nether the Regional Connectivity Scheme, known arsenic UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), and its Techno-Economic Feasibility Report (TEFR) has already been prepared by Grant Thornton. A associated task is apt to beryllium formed with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for operation of the Ongole airport.
The authorities is preparing to springiness 4,500 acres of onshore for the operation of the Amaravati airdrome nether Land Pooling Scheme (LPS)- 2, on with the onshore required for the Amaravati railway presumption and the International Sports City, arsenic nary lands pooled nether LPS-1 are disposable for allotment to them.
According to authoritative sources, the Infrastructure & Investments Department has pegged the estimated outgo of Phase-I of the Amaravati airdrome astatine astir ₹4,700 crore and it is going to beryllium constructed successful PPP mode connected design–build-finance-operate-transfer basis.
RITES Ltd., a Central PSU, has completed the TEFR. Once the onshore is identified, the authorities volition question tract clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy airdrome astatine Orvakal (Kurnool) has been identified for brownfield enlargement with a superior expenditure of ₹450 crore and the authorities received stakeholder involvement for mounting up a MRO installation and a flying grooming organisation astatine the adjoining Orvakal concern node.
Apart from mounting up greenfield airports and expanding immoderate of the existing ones, the State authorities resolved to avail Central government’s enactment for the constitution of heliports and h2o aerodromes.
