Lok Sabha Question No. 2070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Project Unnati
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2O7O

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22Nd SEPTEMBER,  2O2O

## PROJECT UNNATI

## 2070. SHRI PRADYUT  BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state: qaqR-f,@a-fr

- (a) the details of ongoing initiative under Project Unnati;
- (b) the details of funds allocated, released  and spent on the project in the financial year 2020-21  ,
- (c) the details of the new ports proposed  to be developed  and the funds allocated for their develoPment;  and
- (d)theestimatedtimetostartandthetargetsetforcompletionofthesame?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE) FOR SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH  MANDAVIYA)

- (a)Thereare3ongoinginitiativesunderProjectUnnati[2ofHaldiaDockComplex and 1 of Kamarajar  (Ennore) Port], the details of which are given in Annexure'
- (b) No funds have been allocated by Ministry of Shipping' Government  of lndia'
- (c) & (d) Presently,  there are two ports which are proposed  to be developed' viz one atVadhavan,MaharashtraandanotheratKanniyakumariDistrict,TamilNadu.With regardtoVadhavanPort'theprojectproposalforinvestmentisunderpreparation undd"t"il"ostudyonEngineeringandECClearancewouldrequiresomemoretime andwil|becompletedbyJuly2O2l.TheconstructionisslatedtostartinDecember 2022 and completed by December 2027  '  As regards new Major Port  in KanniyakumariDistrict,TamilNadu,DPRisbeingfinalizedascertainstudiesareto be carried  out for finalization of DPR'

## ANNEXURE

| S.No.   |   lnitiative No. | lnitiative                                                                                       | Expected End Date   | Port Name   | Status Remark                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       |              6.2 | Reduce operation cost HDC by scraPPing own tugs and replacing them bY hired tugs tug at          | 01.09.2022          | Haldia      | Srnce March 2016,2 HDC tugs have been condemned and to meet the shipping requirement inside the docks and riverine jetties, 6 tugs have been hired. The remaining 4 port owned tugs will be phased out in the next 2 years considering the "Atmanirbhar Abhiyan" policy of Government of lndia wherein a minimum of 15 months is required to build the first tug in lndia as per the Approved Standardised Tug Design and Specifications (ASTDS). |
| 2       |              7.2 | Reduction of Non- Working time in Oil Jetties and Reduction of non- Berthing time in Oil Jetties | 01.03.2021          | Haldia      | ttrght Oerthing of vessels at HOJ-I and lll have been started to reduce the non-working time in Oil Jetties. lnfrastructure development and negotiation with the pilots is under progress for night berthing of vessels at HOJ-Il.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| J       |              3.1 | Modification of existing emPtY lron Ore berth to handle coal and serve hinterland demand         | 31.12.2020          | Ennore      | lrltoOitication works commenced on 20.07.2018 (Zero date). Duration is 12 months. Physical progress achieved is 71.85%. However, due to covlD-l9 pandemic, the modifications works were held up and Force Majeure was invoked from 19.02.2020. Hence, no work was executed till 14.09.2020. On 14.09'2020, Force Majeure letter was revoked and accordingly the Concessionaire M/s SIOTL was informed.                                            |