(a) whether the dredging companies were assigned the job of dredging under Sethusamundram scheme in Rameshwaram alongwith the details of the said companies;
(b)Â Â Â Â Â the company-wise details of the amount paid;
(c)Â Â Â Â Â the basis for assigning the dredging work; and
(d)Â Â Â Â Â the company-wise details of owners and managing directors?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G. K. VASAN)
(a) & (b): The dredging work for the Sethusamudram Project including the dredging work in
Adam’s Bridge Area near Rameswaram was assigned only to M/s Dredging Corporation of India (DCI)
for which a sum of Rs.699.12 crores as on date has been paid.
(c) & (d): The dredging work of the Sethusamudram Project has been assigned to M/s Dredging
Corporation of India being a Government of India Undertaking and its Managing Director is
Captain S.S. Tripathi.