Lok Sabha Question No. 769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Land Acquisition under Sagarmala Programme
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 769 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 7TH FEBRUARY,  2019

## LAND ACQUISITION  UNDER  SAGARMALA  PROGRAMME

## 769. SHRI A.P JITHENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister  of SHIPPING be pleased  lo state:

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- (a)  whether the Government is facing certain rssues regarding land acquisition to accomplish the Sagarmala  programme and if so, the details  thereof and the quantum of area under dispute, State-wise;
- (c) the funds spent on development  of industrial  clusters and coastal  communities so far;
- (b)  whether it is true that no container was ever shipped on inland rvaterways  of lndia since independence  until November,  2018 and if not, the detail:s thereof;
- (d) ' whether intended targets  in the aforesaid two fields have been met arnd if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether victims have been compensated by the Government and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether any investigation  has been made into the fake Sagarnala  website created and if so, the details and the outcome thereof along wi'rh the action taken thereon;
- (S) the number of accidents  about fishing boats hit by large vessels since 20'14 and the number of fatalities, year-wise  along with the measures  taken to reduce the number  of such accidents  in future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

(sHRt PON RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) Among the identified projects under Sagarmala programme, seven projects are facing land acquisition issues. The details are annexed.
- (b) First containerized movement  from Kolkata Port to Multimodal Terminal Varanasi through National Waterway  (NW)-1 (Ganga- Bhagirathi - Hooghly  river system) took place in November,20l8.
- (c)&(d) Under the Port-led ind u stria lizatron and coastal  community development components  of Sagarmala  Programme, expenditure  of Rs. 1,05,644  Cr has been incurred since the start of the programme  tll2017-18.

These projects were planned for execution  in a phased manner. A total of 506 projects costing Rs.3.86 Lac Crore have been planned  for award over a 4 year period from

2016 to 2020, out of which more than 50% projects or 267 projects costing  Rs. 2.63 Lac Crore have already been awarded.

266 projects costing Rs. 1 .8 Lac Crore were scheduled  to be completed  by 2020, out of which more than a third or 105 projects costing more than Rs. 16,500 Crore have already been completed in just 2 years from the release of the National Perspective Plan.

- (e)&(f) Ministry of  Shipping on  6 Sept 2A1B noticed that a fake website www.sagarmala.org.in  with a false advertisement  about recruitment of Engineer trainees and Diploma trainees was being used to dupe innocent job seekers by taking money in the name of Govt. job. The Ministry of Shipping immediately filed an FIR and got the website taken down. On 1st October, 2018, it was again noticed that a new fake website www.sagarproject.com  with the same modus operandi as earlier was being used. Ministry of Shipping  again referred the matter to Delhi Police and this matter was clubbed with the earlier FlR. As on date, Delhi Police is investigating the case.
- (g) The number of accidents  about fishing boats hit by large vessels since 2014 and the number of fatalities  are presented in the table below:

|   Year | Number of collision incidents reported between lndian merchant vessels and Fishing vessels   | Number of fatalities   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|   2014 | Nir                                                                                          | Nit                    |
|   2015 | 01                                                                                           | Nit                    |
|   2016 | 01                                                                                           | Nit                    |
|   2017 | 05                                                                                           | 3 dead, 4 missing      |
|   2018 | 04                                                                                           | 5 dead, '10 missing    |

Following are the preventive  measures taken to reduce number of incidents/accidents of fishing boat hit by large vessels,

1. The Directorate  General  of Shipping has proposed  the establishment  of a Traffic Separation  Scheme (TSS) off the south-west  coast of lndia to prevent such type of collision incidents. The initial and the subsequent revisions of the draft proposal for the establishment  of TSS off the south-west  coast of lndia has been circulated to agencies  of Central and State Government  for their inputs.
2. The Directorate  General  of Shipping has established  ships' routing (such as Traffic Separation Schemes  ITSS],  Safety Fairways, etc.) in the past, so as to improve safety of navigation  in converging areas of traffic and in areas where the density  of traffic is great or where  freedom  of movement  of shipping  in inhibited by restricted sea-room,  the existence of obstructions  to navigation, limited depths or unfavorable  meteorological  conditions.  A ships routing helps in preventing or reducing the risk of pollution,  loss of lives and other damage to the marine environment caused by ships colliding or grounding or anchoring  in or near environmentally  sensitive areas.

## Annexure

| Sr. No.   | Name of the Project                                                                                                 | !mplementing Agency   | State          | Land to be acquired   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | JNPT - 6 to B laning of NH-4B- SH- 54 and Amra Marg                                                                 | NHAI                  | Maharashtra    | 1.35 Ha               |
| 2         | New Line from Angul to Sukhinda                                                                                     | lndian Railways       | Odisha         | 508 Acres             |
| 3         | New Line from Haridaspur to Paradip                                                                                 | lnd ia n Railwavs     | Odisha         | 142.5 Ha              |
| 4         | Rail line Hospet-Hubli-Londa- Tinaighat-Vasco da Gama -352.28 km including Vasco-Madgaon- Kulem-Castle Rock Section | lnd ia n Railways     | Goa            | 181 Ha                |
| 5         | New ICD Development in Hyderabad -MMLP Nagulapally                                                                  | CONCOR                | Telangana      | 74 acres              |
| o         | New ICD development in Central Rajasthan -MMLP Phulera                                                              | CONCOR                | Rajasthan      | 291 Acres             |
| 7         | Kotipalli- Narsapur New BG Line - 57.21 Km                                                                          | lndian Railways       | Andhra Pradesh | 735 acres             |