Shortage of ATCs in aviation sector

New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) There is a shortage of Air
Traffic Controllers (ATC) in the aviation sector, Indian
government informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian
Parliament) Tuesday.

"At present a total number of 1630 Air Traffic
Controllers are in position against the sanctioned strength of
2107," Indian Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful
Patel said in a written reply to a question.

He said the training centre at Allahabad has adequate
capacity and infrastructure to meet current and future
requirement of training of ATCOs.

With the objective of enhancing the capacity, an
additional training centre has been established at Hyderabad
to expedite the training process of ATCOs, he added. PTI AMI
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