(a) whether Ministry and its PSUs have taken interest in availability of Salt Land, Mumbai;
(b) if so, whether the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas needs salted land for expansion, development and shifting of slums; and
(c) if so, the steps taken by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas to get this land alongwith the present status thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN)
(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. Initially, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) expressed interest to acquire some part of Salt land, Mumbai for their respective oil terminal and facilities. IOCL is, however, no longer interested in the land on commercial considerations. BPCL would have to take a commercial decision, keeping in view that steps have been initiated for disinvestment of BPCL.