(a) whether the Government has any proposal to reconstitute some more major Port Trusts;
(b) if so, the Port Trusts which have been reconstituted so far;
(c) whether the Mangalore Port Trust is likely to be reconstituted; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS(SHRI T.R. BAALU)
(a) to (d): There are 11 major port trusts, namely Kolkata, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Tuticorin, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mormugao and Kandla which are governed under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. These 11 ports have Board of Trustees which are constituted as per the provisions of Section 3 of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. The Board of Trustees for the ports of Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Cochin, Visakhapatnam, Kandla, Mormugao and Paradip stands reconstituted for the period from 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2006. The Board of Trustees for the ports of Jawaharlal Nehru, Tuticorin and New Mangalore, which were due for reconstitution for the period from 1.4.2005 to 31.3.2007, have already been reconstituted.