(a) the funds allocated, released and utilized for development of port facilities in the main ports of Uttar Pradesh during the current year;
(b) whether the Government is aware of delay in implementation of some projects in various ports of Uttar Pradesh;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for completing the projects at the said ports at the earliest?
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*232 for 27.12.2018 raised by Shri Lallu Singh &Shrimati Rekha Verma, Hon’ble M.P. on “Development of Facilities at Ports”
In the major ports, projects relating to capacity expansion, modernization of infrastructure, rail and road connectivity at the port are undertaken by these ports from their own funds or by raising loan and in certain cases through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. However, because of the peculiar nature of Kolkata Port which requires substantial amount of maintenance dredging, Government of India has been supporting Kolkata Port by providing dredging subsidy through budgetary support. In addition, four Ports namely, V.O. Chidambaranar, Cochin, Mormugao and Chennai are being provided budgetary support for various projects. The details of fund released to the five major ports in the above mentioned projects in the last three years are given below:
(Rs. in Crore)
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Sl. No. Name of the Port Project 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1 Kolkata Dredging Subsidy 275.55 162.50 167.39
2 V.O Chidambaranar Capital Dredging and Development of Outer Harbour 27.00 15.00 15.00
3 Cochin Road Connectivity to ICTT at Vallarpadam and Construction of Subway flyover - 4.00 13.31
4 Mormugao Construction of Four lane Port connectivity Road - 5.00 10.00
5 Chennai Coastal Road Protection Work 10.00 5.00 14.74
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In addition to the above, funds released to the ports under Sagarmalaprogramme during 2015-16 to 2017-18 are at Annex.
Uttar Pradesh is a land-locked State. There are no sea ports in Uttar Pradesh. However, multimodal terminals and inter modal terminals, which are in the nature of a river ports, are being constructed under the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP). The JMVP is being implemented at cost of Rs. 5369 crore by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for augmentation of navigation capacity of National Waterway-1 on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of river Ganga. The locations of the multi modal terminals is Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Sahibganj (Jharkhand) and Haldia (West Bengal) and intermodal terminals at Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) and Kalughat (Bihar). Work on the multimodal terminal at Varanasi has been completed as per schedule and the terminal was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 12thNovember, 2018. Land acquisition process for Ghazipur intermodal terminal is ongoing and out of the 8.917 ha of land required for the terminal, 5.103 ha has been acquired by the State Government of UP and handed over to IWAI. The mapping and survey of the remaining 3.813 ha of land got delayed due to floods.
The foundation stone for development of the National Waterway-40 (river Ghagra) from Faizabad to Manjhighat was laid on 9th October, 2018. The development of NW-40 includes monthly surveys, fairway development and floating terminals which are to be taken up in 2019-20.
For the Kumbh Mela, 2019, IWAI in consultation with the Government of U.P. is providing 4 floating terminals on NW-110 (river Yamuna) and 5 temporary Jetties at Chatnag, Sirsa, Sitamarhi, Vindhyachal and Chunar between Prayagraj and Varanasi on NW-1 (river Ganga) for embarkment and dis-embarkment of pilgrims.
Annex
Funds released to the Major Ports under the SagarmalaProgramme during 2015-16 to 2017-18.
(Rs. in Crore)
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Sl. NO. Port Project 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
1 Cochin Refurbishment and Capacity enhancement of Coastal liquid terminal -COT and NTB 7.48 5.29 -
2 Kolkata Improvement of road connectivity to facilitate trade and port users - 3.75 -
3 Kolkata Upgradation of the track 10-12-14-16-18-19-20-21- 22 and 23 at EJC yard - 7.00 4.00
4 Kolkata Upgrade of existing rail network - 2.00 1.00
5 Kolkata 2nd Railway Line from Durgachak take off point to ‘A’ cabin at Durgachak at HDC 20.00 - -
6 Kolkata Upgrading berth2 and 11 KPD for coastal 2.51 - -
7 V.O Chidambaranar Dredging the dock basin for coastal cargo berth at VOCPT -Dredging in front of dedicated coastal berth - - 10.44
8 V.O Chidambaranar Development and Operation of a full-fledged Truck Parking Terminal adjacent to NH7A opposite to Fisheries college - 10.00 -
9 V.O Chidambaranar Coastal berth with dredged depth of 10.0m to handle vessels up to 15000 DWT -length 150m 15.00 - 14.99
10 Visakhapatnam Construction of coastal Berth 30.00 - -
11 Visakhapatnam Construction of grade separator from H-7 area to Port connectivity Road by passing Convent Junction - 14.98 -
12 Visakhapatnam 2 to 4 laning of port road connectivity to NH – 5 -Phase II 20.00 - -
13 Chennai Coastal Cargo Berth 15.00 12.00
14 Chennai Development of paved storage yard at Chennai Port for handling export cargo - - 13.50
15 Chennai Construction of Bunker berth - - 9.81
16 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Construction of Coastal Berth - - 12.50
17 Mormugao Passenger Jetty at Vasco Bay - - 5.00
18 Mormugao Full rake wagon handling line with paving 30m wide - 8.10 -
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