Lok Sabha Question No. 1624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Lighthouses Along Coasts
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## QUESTION NO. 1624

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 2STIINOVEMBER, 2O1g

## LIGHTHOUSES  ALONG COASTS

## 1624. SHRIMATI APARAJITA  SARANGI:

Will the Minister of Shipping be pleased to state: qin qn{fi lrtrr

- (a) the details of the lighthouses installed  across the coast of lndia during the last five years, State-wise  particularly in Odisha;
- (b) the funds allocated for maintenance of these lighthouses during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether any guidelines/criteria  has been laid down by the Government for coast line to have a lighthouse and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the lighthouse projects  approved  by CACL during the last five years, State-wise  including Odisha; and
- (e) whether there is any plan to install more lighthouses along the coasts and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of the four Lighthouses setup along the coastline of lndia during the last five years,  state-wise are given below:

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|            | T siite I                                 | Year oi lnstallation   |
|------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|            | 1 I Maharashtra                           | 2014                   |
| Rava Port  | 1 ]eynra llaoesrr                         | ,ol4                   |
| Kolta Plam | I Andaman & I Nicobar (Union I Territory) | iotq                   |
|            | l i Tamil Nadu                            | iott                   |

- (b) The work of maintenance  of Lighthouses is carried out from the budget provisions under the Revenue Head for Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL) as per the maintenance schedule. There is no state-wise allocation of funds.
- (c) The establishment of Lighthouses  is decided on the basis of traffic and need of  'Aid-to-Navigation' (AtoNs) in  the proposed area on the recommendations  of the Central Advisory Committee for Lighthouses  (CACL) headed by the Secretary (Shipping)
- (d) The details of the seven Lighthouse projects approved by CACL during last 5 years are as follows:
- (e) There is no plan to install more Lighthouses at present.

|   Sl No. | Location of Lighthouse                   | State       | Year of Approval   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Kelshi                                   | Maharashtra | 2014               |
|        2 | Arnala (improvement of Lighthouse)       | Maharashtra | 2014               |
|        3 | Valsad Khadi (improvement of Lighthouse) | Maharashtra | 2015               |
|        4 | Dhanushkodi                              | Tami Nadu   | -loti-             |
|        5 | Jaffrabad (improvement of Lighthouse)    | Gujarat     | -hii-              |
|        6 | Kuthankuli                               | Tamil Nadu  | - iiti             |
|        7 | Chaumukh                                 | Odisha      | --Ton--'           |