Lok Sabha Question No. 2974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Dredging at Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2974 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## DREDGING AT PORTS

## 2974.   SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोत प�रवहन मंत्

- (a) whether dredging is carried out throughout the year in major ports in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with the expenditure incurred thereon during each of the last three years and the current year, port-wise;
- (c) whether the  ships  were  frequently  grounded  at  certain  ports  particularly  at  Kolkata port even after round the year dredging;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to minimize the grounding of ships at major ports in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a)&(b):Yes, Madam. Dredging is carried out by Major Ports as per their requirement. The detail of expenditure incurred by Major Ports during last three years and current year is enclosed at Annexure-I .
- (c)&(d):No, Madam. However, a few incidents of grounding are reported at Kolkata Port due to  the  narrow  and  meandering  nature  of  the  cross  currents  and  due  to  sudden breakdown of ship's machinery.
- (e) Regular hydrographical survey of the shipping channel is carried out to  avoid any grounding due to sudden change in the depth. The pilots in the Major Ports are well trained  and  have  been  provided  with  modern  electronic  gadgets  for  precision navigation for minimizing the risk of grounding of ships.

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## ANNEXURE Referred to in the Reply Given in Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2974 for answer on 6 th August, 2015.

Expenditure incurred by Major Ports in dredging in last three years and the current year, port wise

| Ports                          | Expenditure incurred (In Crores)   | Expenditure incurred (In Crores)   | Expenditure incurred (In Crores)                                      | Expenditure incurred (In Crores)                                      |
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                | 2012-13                            | 2013-14                            | 2014-15                                                               | 2015-16 (upto June 2015)                                              |
| Kolkata Port Trust             | 405.43                             | 425.21                             | 483.79                                                                | 116.75                                                                |
| Paradip Port Trust             | 37.70                              | 82.02                              | 106.31                                                                | 16.05                                                                 |
| Visakhapatnam Port trust       | 24.67                              | 243.28                             | 191.34                                                                | 10.47                                                                 |
| Kamarajar Port Limited         | 52.88                              | 63.44                              | 8.9                                                                   | 10.36                                                                 |
| Chennai Port Trust             | 16.05                              | 10.88                              | 9.25                                                                  | 1.98                                                                  |
| V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust | NIL                                | NIL                                | NIL                                                                   | NIL                                                                   |
| Cochin Port Trust              | 110.96                             | 137.90                             | 135.44                                                                | 46.36                                                                 |
| New Mangalore Port Trust       | 50.94                              | 44.85                              | 51.53                                                                 |                                                                       |
| Mormugao Port Trust            | 39.34                              | 53.26                              | 31.51                                                                 | 32.50                                                                 |
| Mumbai Port Trust              | NIL                                | 30.36                              | 126.47 (The contract is for three years i.e. from 2014-15 to 2016-17) | 126.47 (The contract is for three years i.e. from 2014-15 to 2016-17) |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust    | NIL                                | NIL                                | 53.79                                                                 | ---                                                                   |
| Kandla Port Trust              | 100.94                             | 170.59                             | 121.23                                                                | 29.34                                                                 |

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