Question : CALCUTTA PORT



(a)whether the attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the Government proposes to close down the Calcutta port in order to cut down its mounting losses;

(b)whether it is also proposed to shift all the facilities from Calcutta to Haldia;

(c)whether there is any simultaneous proposal to commercially exploit the vast real estates under the ownership of the Calcutta Port Trust; and

(d)if so, the details thereof ?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SURFACE TRANSPORT
(DR. DEBENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b)&(c) There are no such proposals under consideration of the Government.
(d) Does not arise.