Question : Dry Port

(a) whether a dry port is being set up at Swarupganj to increase new opportunities of employment and industrial development of Sirohi district;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the total cost of the said project alongwith the total amount allocated in the budget of this year;
(d) whether the Government has fixed any time limit for the completion of the said project; and
(e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be completed and if not, the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) & (b) No, Madam. There is no immediate plan of setting up of Dry port. Only Rail Transhipment Hub is being set up at Swarupaganj.


(c) The total cost of the said project is approximately `471.82 crore and `21.25 crore has been allocated by Container Corporation of India Limited for the FY 2017-18.
(d) & (e) It is likely to be completed by March, 2019.
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