(a) whether the Government proposes to de-link the Vadinar area from the Kandla Port
limit;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Union Government is considering to include the Vadinar area in the Gujarat
State;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the compensation likely to be awarded to the State Government of Gujarat?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
(SHRI T.R. BAALU)
(a): No, Sir.
(b): Does not arise, in view of (a) above.
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Does not arise, in view of (c) above.
(e): Vadinar, which was earlier a part of the minor port of Salaya, was included in the
limits of Kandla Port-a major port, by a Gazette Notification No. PGK.44/74.II dated 1.5.1978,
issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Shipping and Transport, in exercise of powers
conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (I) of sub-Section (2) of Section (4) of the Indian
Ports Act, 1908, with full agreement of the Government of Gujarat to establish an Offshore
Oil Terminal at Vadinar within and under the jurisdiction of the Kandla Port Trust. The
Government of Gujarat also through Notification dated 1.5.1978, published by the Public Works
Department in Para IV-A of the Government Gazette dated 11.5.1978 accordingly altered and
declared the revised limits of the Ports of Salaya. By these two Notifications, the
Government of India and the State Government of Gujarat had vested the jurisdiction of Vadinar
with the Major Port of Kandla authority, i.e. the Kandla Port Trust without any precondition.
The Kandla Port is fully empowered to enter into agreement with any other party within
the provisions of Indian Ports Act and Major Port Trusts Act and therefore any compensation
to the State Government of Gujarat in this regard does not arise.