Question : CONTAINER DEPOT AT RAVANTHA ROAD RAILWAY STATION

(a) whether attention of the Government has been drawn to the news captioned “Container Depot key Nirman main deri sey das crore ka ghata” appeared in Dainik Bhaskar, Kota dated 13th January, 2005;

(b) if so, the facts thereof;

(c) the details of progress of the Container Depot being constructed at Ravantha Road railway station near Kota Mandal of West- Central Railways;

(d) the details of the work completed on the said Depot alongwith the details of the remaining work;

(e) the amount spent on it as on date alongwith the amount likely to be spent on the completion of the remaining work;

(f) the expected capacity of the said Depot alongwith the number of Containers arranged for loading; and

(g) the names of the ports where the Containers would be sent from the said Depot?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)

(a) to (c): The project for setting up a Container Depot at Ravantha Road is planned for completion by 31.3.2005 and is progressing as per the planned schedule.

(d) The works of providing paved area, administrative building and gate complex have been completed and other works for providing rail siding and warehouse area are at an advanced stage and are likely to be completed by the planned completion date.

(e) Amount spent till date- Rs. 167 lakhs. Amount likely to be spent on remaining work – Rs.140 lakhs.

(f) The depot is planned to handle around 22000 TEUs (Twenty Feet Equivalent Units containers) per annum initially. This would include around 6000 outward Export loaded containers and around 4800 outward domestic containers.

(g) The container depot at Ravantha Road will initially provide linkages to the ports in Mumbai, viz. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) & Nhave Sheva International Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd.(NSICT).