Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Encroachment at Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  MARCH, 2016

## ENCROACHMENT AT PORTS

## *103.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of encroachment of land in various major ports including Mumbai Port Trust (MPT);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, port-wise along with the impact of such encroachments on the ports, operations;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to remove the said encroachments;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to launch roll-on/roll-off operations in Mumbai Port and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the benefits likely to accrue as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

(a)to(e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.103 TO BE ANSWRED ON 3 rd  MARCH, 2016 RAISED  BY  SHRI  ARVIND  SAWANT  REGARDING  ENCROACHMENT  AT PORTS.

(a)&(b):Yes, Madam. Port wise details of encroachment is at Annexure.

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- (c) Ports have taken many initiatives to remove encroachments at their respective ports such  as  conducting  periodical  encroachment  removal  programmes  with  the  help  of  State Government, fencing of encroachment prone plots, raising boundary walls etc. To map Port land,  all  Ports  have  undertaken  GIS  mapping  for  creating  data  base  for  effective  land management including anti-encroachment drives.
- (d) Yes, Madam.   Taking into consideration the cost effectiveness of Roll-on - Roll-off (RO-RO) operation, Govt. of Maharashtra has entrusted the task of development of inland water  transport  to  Maharashtra  Maritime  Board  (MMB),  Mumbai  Port  Trust  and  City Industrial  Development  Corporation  (CIDCO)  on  East  Coast  of  Mumbai  (Ferry  Wharf  to Nerul- Belapur and Ferry Wharf to Mandwa/ Rewas). MMB is the designated Nodal Agency for this project.  The facilities at Ferry Wharf will be developed by Mumbai Port Trust.   The Ferry Wharf Terminal will be developed to provide transportation facility from Ferry Wharf to Nerul and to Mandwa. Mumbai Port Trust is currently developing civil infrastructures at Ferry Wharf Terminal at a cost of Rs.35.68 crore.  The work was awarded on 18.02.2016. In so far as movement of vehicles through RO-RO mode is concerned, the facilities already in operation at Mumbai Port. In the year 2015-16(upto 29.02.2016), total 116 vessels have been handled by Mumbai port which carried 153647 vehicles including 3321 vehicles meant for import.
- (e) The  proposed  Mumbai-Mandwa  facility  of  RO-RO  cargo  will  help  to  cut  cost  of transportation of vehicles as well as ease congestion on roads.

Annexure

Port wise details of encroached area of land

|   S. No. | Name of the Port                  |   Encroached Area (in Acre) |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Chennai Port                      |                        6.03 |
|        2 | V.O.Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin |                       12.48 |
|        3 | Mumbai Port                       |                       44.48 |
|        4 | Kolkata Port                      |                      178    |
|        5 | Paradip Port                      |                       73.5  |
|        6 | Kandla Port                       |                       87    |
|        7 | Visakhapatnam Port                |                        2.46 |

| Total   | 403.95   |
|---------|----------|

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