The Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel informed the Parliament (Rajya Sabha) today. AAI proposes to spend an amount of Rs.12434.34 crores, during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12) for development of airport infrastructure in the country, which includes Metro airports as well as non-metro airports. An expenditure of Rs. 6443.53 crores has been proposed for development of Non-metro airports whereas an expenditure of Rs. 5990.81 crores has been proposed for development of Metro and other private/ Greenfield airports.
Belgaum, Sambra airport will get Rs. 23.41 crores for modernization / up gradation of airports. Hubli airport is getting Rs.25 crores.
Source: Press Information Bureau