Lok Sabha Question No. 5544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Upgradation of Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5544

ANSWERED ON 04.04.2025

## UPGRADATION OF PORTS

5544. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

## Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

(a)  the  details  of  the  list  of  all  upgradation  works  in  ports  proposed,  approved,  under construction  and  presently  functioning  across  India,  State-wise  especially  in  Andhra Pradesh; (b) the  details  of  the  list  of  minor  and  major  ports  undergoing  upgradation  works,  their present status  and  estimated  term  of  completion across  the country,  State-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh; (c)  the  total  amount  of  funds  allocated/utilised  for  the  upgradation  of  ports  across  the country over the last five years, State-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh; and (d) the list of companies (public and private) which are involved in the construction and

- upgradation of ports across the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) Under Modernisation pillar of Sagarmala Programme, 234 projects at cost of around Rs. 2.91 Lakh crores have been undertaken for implementation across Coastal States/UTs.  These projects are implemented by Central Ministries, lWAl, Indian Railways, State Government and Major Ports etc. Out of these, 103 projects worth Rs. 32,634 crores have been completed and 56 projects worth Rs. 74,744 crores are under implementation. The details of projects undertaken in Sagarmala Programme in the State of Andhra Pradesh under Port Modernisation pillar is annexed. [ Annexure-I ]

- (c) Under the Sagarmala Scheme, the Ministry provides financial assistance to State/UT  Governments  for  Port  infrastructure  projects,  Coastal  berth  projects,  Road  & Rail projects, fishing harbours, skill development projects, Coastal community

development, cruise terminal and projects such as Ro-Pax ferry services. Ministry has till date  undertaken  119  project  at  a  total  Cost  of  Rs.  9407  Cr.  for  partial  funding  under Sagarmala Scheme. Out of these, 72 projects have been completed till date. The State Wise  details  of  projects  under  Sagarmala  Scheme  is  annexed.  [ Annexure-II ].  Under Sagarmala  Scheme,  Ministry  is  partially  funding  12  projects  costing  around  Rs.  2,410 Crore  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  including  Visakhapatnam  Port  Authority.  Out  of these,  7  projects  have  been  completed.  The  details  of  projects  are  provided  at Annexure-III .

(d) Major  Ports  are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Ministry  of  Ports,  Shipping  and Waterways.  The  details  of  companies  (public  and  private)  which  are  involved  in  the construction and upgradation of Major Ports across the country is annexed. [ AnnexureIV ]

## Annexure - I

List of Sagarmala Projects in Andhra Pradesh under Ports Modernisation pillar.

|   S. No | Name of Project                                                                                            |   Project Cost (Rs. Cr) | Implementing Agency           | Status Category      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Award of WQ6 on PPP                                                                                        |                  250    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|       2 | Berth 5 & 6 Mechanization                                                                                  |                  100    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Implementation |
|       3 | Construction of covered storage sheds                                                                      |                  160    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|       4 | Container scanners - Visakhapatnam Port                                                                    |                   30    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|       5 | Conversion of existing berths EQ-2- EQ-3- EQ-4 and part of EQ-5 into two numbers of berths - Visakhapatnam |                  182    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|       6 | Development of greenfield ports at Bhavanapadu, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh                        |                 5390    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Implementation |
|       7 | Development of deep water ports at Machilipatnam, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh                         |                 4500    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Development    |
|       8 | Development of EQ6 berth and mechanisation on PPP                                                          |                   70    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Development    |
|       9 | Development of New Berth EQ 1A - Visakhapatnam                                                             |                  313    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Implementation |
|      10 | Development of New EQ-10 berth - Visakhapatnam                                                             |                   55.38 | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|      11 | Development of Ramayapatnam Ports, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh                                       |                 5000    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Implementation |
|      12 | Development ofWQN- WQ-7 and WQ-8 - Visakhapatnam                                                           |                  243    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|      13 | Extension of existing container terminal at VPT on DBFOT basis                                             |                  633    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
|      14 | Improvement of Kakinada Anchorage Ports infrastructure in East Godavari district, Andhra                   |                   85.83 | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Completed            |

|    | Pradesh                                                                                                                      |          |                               |                      |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
| 15 | Improving the capacity utilisation of OR-I & OR-II berths in inner harbour of Visakhapatnam Port                             |   168    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Implementation |
| 16 | KPCL Phase-III development                                                                                                   | 12256    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Implementation |
| 17 | Liquid Jetty                                                                                                                 |   200    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Completed            |
| 18 | Mechanisation of EQ-7 Berth / Multiple Cargoes                                                                               |   200    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Implementation |
| 19 | Mechanisation of WQ-7 & WQ-8 berths (Bulk cargo) - PPP                                                                       |   288.47 | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Implementation |
| 20 | New Port - Kakinada SEZ - KSEZ                                                                                               |  2123    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Implementation |
| 21 | Phase-II of Wagon Loading Station                                                                                            |    20    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Development    |
| 22 | Port-based gas/LNG terminals                                                                                                 |  2000    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Development    |
| 23 | RFID system - Visakhapatnam Port                                                                                             |     7    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
| 24 | Strengthening of existing EQ-7 berth to handle vessels of 14.5m draft                                                        |    16.5  | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
| 25 | Supply- Erection- Testing and commissioning of 2 HMCs of capacity greater than 100MT at east quay berth - Visakhapatnam Port |    39    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
| 26 | Upgradation of OB 1 and 2 for Iron Ore Handling - Phase 1                                                                    |   395    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Completed            |
| 27 | Upgrading Berth WQ2-5 to handle fully loaded Panamax ships                                                                   |   600    | Vishakhapatnam Port Authority | Under Development    |
| 28 | West Berth Extension                                                                                                         |    90    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Development    |
| 29 | West Berth Mechanization                                                                                                     |   200    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Under Development    |

Annexure II

| State/UT                  | No. of projects   | Financials                     | Financials                               |
|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                  | No. of projects   | Total cost of project (Rs. Cr) | MoPSW assistance under Sagamala (Rs. Cr) |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3                 | 46                             | 46                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 12                | 2409                           | 399                                      |
| Goa                       | 9                 | 763                            | 156                                      |
| Gujarat                   | 9                 | 1321                           | 902                                      |
| Karnataka                 | 8                 | 491                            | 183                                      |
| Kerala                    | 8                 | 273                            | 129                                      |
| Maharashtra               | 31                | 1927                           | 818                                      |
| Odisha                    | 6                 | 340                            | 159                                      |
| Puducherry                | 2                 | 30                             | 30                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                | 22                | 1238                           | 517                                      |
| West Bengal               | 9                 | 569                            | 280                                      |
| Grand Total               | 119               | 9406                           | 3620                                     |

## List of Sagarmala-funded Projects in Andhra Pradesh

|   S. No . | Name of Project                                                                                                          | Implementi ng Agency                      | Status of the project   |   Project Cost (Rs. Cr) |   MoPSW Share Cr.) |   Funds Released (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Construction of coastal Berth at VPT                                                                                     | Visakhapatn am Port Authorit y            | Completed               |                   43    |              30    |                         30    |
|         2 | Construction of grade separator from H-7 area to Port connectivity Road by passing Convent Junction - Visakhapatnam Port | NHAI                                      | Completed               |                   46.34 |              23.17 |                         21.99 |
|         3 | 2 to 4 laning of port road connectivity to NH - 5 -Phase II                                                              | NHAI                                      | Completed               |                   77    |              20    |                         20    |
|         4 | Coastal Districts Skill Development Program - Phase I -Andhra Pradesh                                                    | Ministry of Rural Developmen t (DDU- GKY) | Completed               |                    0.28 |               0.28 |                          0.14 |
|         5 | Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding - CEMS - AP-18 out of 24 Labs in AP                                    | IRS                                       | Completed               |                  574    |              37.52 |                         36.3  |
|         6 | Development of Fishing Harbour in Juvvaladinne in SPSR Nellore District in the State of Andhra                           | Fisheries Department, GoAP                | Completed               |                  288    |              69.15 |                         62.23 |

|    | Pradesh.                                                                                         |                                           |                       |        |       |       |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------|-------|-------|
|  7 | Coastal Districts Skill Development Program - Phase 2 - Andhra Pradesh                           | Ministry of Rural Developmen t (DDU- GKY) | Under Implement ation |   5.98 |  5.98 |  5.98 |
|  8 | Improvement of Kakinada Anchorage Ports infrastructure in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board             | Completed             |  85.83 | 36.67 | 36.67 |
|  9 | Fishing harbor at Budugatlapalem                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board             | Under Implement ation | 386.2  | 40    |  0    |
| 10 | Fishing harbor at Kothapatnam                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board             | Under Implement ation | 364    | 40    |  0    |
| 11 | Fishing harbor at Pudimadaka                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board             | Under Implement ation | 387    | 40    |  0    |
| 12 | Modernisation of Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour                                                   | Visakhapatn am Port Authorit y            | Under Implement ation | 151.81 | 50    |  7.34 |

## Companies (public and private) which are involved in the construction and upgradation of Major Ports

##  West Bengal: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port

Century Ports Pvt. Ltd. Mackintosh Burn Limited M/s Biswajyoti Bhattacharyya M/s. Tribeni Constructions Ltd Hooghly Oil and Gas Terminal Private Limited (HOGTPL) HDC Bulk Terminal Ltd (HBTL) Ganges bulk terminal Pvt. Ltd.

##  Tamil Nadu: Kamarajar Port Limited

Indian Pors Rail & Ropeway Corporation Limited Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) Jan De Nul Dredging India Pvt. Limited Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors bv Sripathy Associate Pvt. Ltd. Sentinel Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

-  Tamil Nadu:V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority

M/s. Jandenul Dredging India Pvt. Ltd.

M/s. Surabhi pile foundation &Gio Technics Pt. Ltd. Mumbai.

M/s. Jefferson samuelraj& sons.

M/s. TTK Construction, Madurai

M/s. R.K & Sons, Salem

M/s. JSWTMTPL, Mumbai

M/s. Tuticorin International Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (TICTPL), Tuticorin.

-  Maharashtra: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

M/s. Ferro Concrete Construction (India) Pvt. Ltd. Indore, MP>

M/s. Thakur- Mhatre JV, Mumbai.

M/s. Alfra- Backbone- Tarmat JV Mumbai

M/s. Thakur-Mhatre- Kharpatil JV, Mumbai

M/s RKEC Projects Ltd., Visakhapatnam.

M/s. Blue Star Construction Co,

M/s. Manoj Infracon Private Limited, Mumbai.

M/s. J.M. Mhatre infra Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai.

M/s. Paresh Construction Co., Mumbai M/s. JPR Balaji Infra Pvt. Ltd., Jalna. M/s. Niraj Cement Structurals Ltd., Mumbai. M/s. Ferro Concrete Construction (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai M/s. DEV Engineers M/s. Capacite Engineering Pvt Ltd and M/s. Capacit'e Infraprojects Ltd. (JV), Mumbai. M/s. P.P. Kharpatil Construction Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai M/s. ITD Cementation In ltd., Mumbai M/s Shandar Interior Pvt. Ltd, Pune M/s. Van Oord India Pvt Ltd M/s. MAN Infra Construction Ltd M/s. ITD Cementation M/s. MAN Infraconstruction Ltd M/s. Antelec Pvt Ltd M/sDoosan Enerbility Vietnam M/s. Doosan EnerbilityVientnam M/s. Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery M/s. Cullen Grummitt& Roe (India) Pvt. Ltd. M/s. Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd M/s. Ultratech Environmental Consultancy and Laboratory Pvt Ltd. M/s. National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) M/s. Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) M/s. ARI Simulation, New Delhi M/s. Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune (CWPRS)

##  Maharashtra: Mumbai Port Authority

M/s. Vanoord India Private Ltd. M/s. Magoxy Infra Pvt. Ltd. M/s. BELIEVE Infra Project Pvt. Ltd. M/s. Belhekar and Kale Associated (JV) M/S. Kargwal Construction Pvt. Ltd M/s. ITD Cementation India Ltd. M/s. DVP Infraprojects Pvt Ltd.

##  Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam Port Authority

M/s. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited M/s. RKEC & M/s. SBEC M/s. ITD Cementation Ltd., M/s. SSN&Co. M/s Indus Project Pvt. Ltd. M/s. SSN&Co. M/s. PJR Constructions (P) Ltd. M/s. JD Constructions M/s. GR Constructions M/s Sri Venkateswara Constructions

M/s Md. Jahangeer M/s. Lalitha Constructions M/s Hardware Tools and Machinery Projects Pvt Ltd., M/s. IPRCL M/s. IPRCL M/s. JD Constructions M/s ShrushtiContechPvt. Ltd. & Others. M/s AKVR Infra M/s. Shell Refractories and Insulations, (JV) with M/s. Karagwal Constructions Pvt. M/s. Integrated Cargo Terminal Pvt. Ltd. M/s Everson Marine Trade Pvt. Ltd.

##  Gujarat: Deendayal Port Authority

M/s. Kandla International Caontainer Terminal M/s. Italgrus.r.l., Italy M/s. Suzlon Energy Limited, New Delhi M/s. Inox Wind Limited, Noida. M/s. RISHI Shipping, Gandhidham M/s. Merit BMH Engg. Pvt. Ltd., Chennai M/s. Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd. M/s Omkar Enterprise, Ahmedabad M/s Hi-Tech Elastomers Ltd., Ahmedabad M/s Hi-Tech Elastomers Ltd., Ahmedabad M/s Woodfield Systems International Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai M/s Italgrus.r.l., Italy M/s. Jay Project, Baroda and M/s Patel Construction Co., Gandhi Dham M/s. Jay Project, Baroda M/s C.K electrical, surat M/s. L&T Energy Green Tech Limited, Vadodara. M/s. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) M/s. Hindustan Gateway Container Terminal KandlaPvt. Ltd. M/s. Kandla Oil Terminal Private Ltd. M/s. Coviva Energy Terminal Ltd. M/s. Rock and Reef Dredging Pvt Ltd. M/s. K.K. Sorathia JV Hariom Earthmovers and Transport, Adipur M/s. BMS Projecs - Marymatha JV M/s. Indian port rail & ropeway corporation limited (IPRCL) M/s. NeelkanthInfratechPvt. Ltd. M/s. Hariom Earthmovers and Transport - Adipur M/s. Radhe Associated, Mehsana M/s. NeelkanthInfratechPvt. Ltd. M/s. Dhanji K. Patel M/s. Patel Corrtech JV M/s. Patel Construction Co., Gandhidham M/s. Baldaniya Construction

-  Goa: Mormugao Port Authority

M/s South West Port Ltd (SWPL) M/s Delta Ports Mormugao Terminal Pvt. Ltd. M/s. Goa IGT Pvt. Ltd. Navi Mumbai

-  Kerala: Cochin Port Authority

M/s. KVJ Builders & Developers Pvt. Ltd. Kochi M/s. KVJ Builders & Developers Pvt. Ltd. Kochi M/s RKEC Projects Pvt. Ltd., Visakhapatnam

-  Karnataka: New Mangalore Port Authority

M/s. JSW-MCTPL

-  Odisha: Paradip Port Authority

Paradip East Quay Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd. Jindal Paradip Port Ltd.

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