Question : SURPLUS LAND IN VARIOUS PORTS

(a)  the number of shipping ports in the country as on date;

(b) the total areas of land with various ports in the country;

(c) the details of surplus land which is either lying unused or in vacant under various ports;

(d) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to sell-off these vacant land to the private sector or real estate companies for residential property development;

(e) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(f) the funds likely to be accrued to different ports with this sale, port-wise and the purpose this money is to be utilised?

MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K. VASAN)

(a): There are 13 Major Ports under the control of the Union Government.

(b) & (c): Port-wise land area and unused/vacant land is detailed at Annexure“A”.

(d): No, Madam.

(e) & (f): Does not arise.

ANNEXURE “A”

TOTAL LAND AREA AND UNUSED/VACANT LAND AT MAJOR PORTS

S.No.	Name of the Port	Total Land Area	Total land lying unused or	vacant and its details
1(a).	Kolkata	4576 Acres	954.36 acres of land is lying vacant,	earmarked for allotment for the purpose of :

(i) Container Freight Station- 51.52 acres (approx.)

(ii) Port related storage—20.96 acres (approx.)

(iii) Port related industries/operation-17.94 acres (approx.)

(iv) Land under litigation – 143.81 acres (approx.)

(v) Oil terminal (Budge-Budge) – 7.05 acres (approx.)

(vi) Others – 48.33 acres (approx.)

(vii)Outstation – 664.75 acres (approx.)

1(b).	Haldia	6367 acres	About 2077 acres (out of which 1364 acres are	earmarked for future use of port and 713 acres	earmarked for allotment to Industries/port users	etc.
2.	Paradip	6382.07 acres	Nil
3.	Visakhapatnam	7576 acres	Nil
4.	Ennore	2074.86 acres	Nil
5.	Chennai	646.96 acres	Nil
6.	Tuticorin	2398.34 acres	Nil
7.	Cochin	862.9 Hectares	80.74 Hectares is lying unused or vacant. This	area is earmarked for future expansion and	development.
8.	New Mangalore	2352 acres	444 acres of land used as a green belt.
9.	Mormugao	533.48 acres	Nil
10.	Mumbai	781.11 hectares	Vacant land is in city:-


(i) Earmarked for port use- 16.76 Hectares 

(ii) Reservation/town planning schemes- 3.43 Hectares

(iii) Census slums- 2.10 Hectares

(iv) Other hutments – 4.67 Hectares 

(v) 166 Isolated plots (area varying from 24 sq.mtrs. to 5200 sq. mtrs.) — 8.16 Hectares
Total —	35.12 Hectares
In addition 28.39 Hectares vacant land at Titwala is about 70 Kilometers away from Port.
11.	Jawaharlal Nehru	2584 hectares	About 720 hectares of land is at present used as	Port operational area and for providing	infrastructure. The port is to provide greenery	in 1/3rd of its total area of land. The balance	area is for development of port based SEZ. 
12.	Kandla	220416 acres	About 2023 acres of land is vacant in township	land out of which 1040 acres is covered under	green belt area and balance 983 acres has been	kept reserve for future development and shifting	of port colony from Kandla tob Gandhidham.	Approximately 1005 acres of land (out of	2175 acres of dry land) at Kandla is vacant,	which is required exclusively for the projects	of Kandla Port Trust.
13.	Port Blair	#	#