Lok Sabha Question No. 1332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Norms for Ship Breaking Yards
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1332

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2024

## NORMS FOR SHIP BREAKING YARDS

1332.  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

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

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

- (a) the number of workers employed at various ship breaking yards in the country and the details of ship breaking yards, State-wise, along with the quantity and kind of waste generated at these yards;
- (b) whether the workers in these yards are reported to be facing health hazards due to negligent waste disposal practices;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  to  improve  waste  disposal practices for well being of these workers: and
- (d) whether there is an urgent need for a regulatory framework for the ship breaking industry  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)In Alang, Gujarat it is estimated that there are about 6500 to 7000 workers employed. In Alang, at present there are about 104 operational yards.

In  Azhikkal,  Kerala  there  are  about  15  workers  employed.  In  Kerala,  ship breaking is carried out by Steel Industrials Kerala Limited.

In Kolkata, West Bengal there are about 130 workers employed. In Kolkatta, ship breaking is carried out at in Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.

## Waste Collection Data:

Gujarat :InAlang, in last 10 year quantity of waste generated on an average is 7850 MT per year .

## Kinds of waste generated:

1. Secured Land Fill (Ceramics, Garbage, Glass, Rusted Iron scale, Incinerated Ash) -548.490 MT,
2. Solidification/Stabilization (Glass wool, cooling powder, Asbestos, Asbestos containing Material)-49711.450 MT,
3. Incinerable (Booch,  Thermocol,  Oil  sludge, Paint chips, puff, rubber, contaminated sand, Oily rags, PVC and Plastics- 7395.190 MT,
4. Waste Water(Bilge water, Contaminated water)- 20899.225 MT.

Kerala: In Steel Industrials Kerala Limited (SILK)-In last 10 years total quantity of waste generated-10 MT ie about an average of 1MT per year.

## Kind of Waste generated :

50 % Puff waste, 30 % wood waste, 10 % Fibre waste, 10 % Hazardous waste.

Kolkata: In  Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in the last 3 years total quantity of waste generated-9 MT ie about an average of 3MT per year.

Kind of Waste generated : 80 % Iron, 15 % wood and 5 % Non-ferrous.

- (b) No  case  has  been  reported  pertaining  to  health  hazards  due  to  handling  and disposal of waste.
- (c) Not Applicable.
- (d) Ship Breaking Code 2013 is comprehensive regulatory framework modelled upon Hong  Kong  Convention  (HKC),  2009.  This  Code  addresses  safety,  health  and environmental  aspects  pertaining  to  ship  recycling.  The  preventive  and  monitoring measures  to  curtail  occupational  health  related  issues  have  been  addressed  in  the procedural requirements of Ship Breaking Code, 2013.

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