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Government of India
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
08 MAR 2018 6:28PM by PIB Delhi
Coastal Berth Scheme

The Government has extended the period of Coastal Berth Scheme beyond 12th Five Year Plan i..e from 1st April, 2017 to 31st March, 2020. The scope of the scheme has also been enlarged to cover the cost of preparation of Detail Project Report (DPR) and capital dredging at Major Ports.        

 

The Coastal Berth Scheme provides financial assistance to Major/Non-Major Ports/ State Maritime Board/ State Governments for creation of infrastructure to promote movement of cargo/passengers by Sea/National Waterways. List of Projects sanctioned under the Scheme along with financial allocation made for the purpose State/project-wise is given in the table below .

 

Sagarmala Programme aims to double share of domestic waterways (coastal and inland) by 2025. The Coastal Berth Scheme is one of the key enabler towards this objective. The projects sanctioned under the scheme will create approximately 10 MMTPA capacity for handling coastal cargo.

List of Projects sanctioned under Coastal Berth Scheme

 

#

State

Project Name

Project Proponent

Financial Year of Sanction

Project Cost
 (Rs.Cr.)

Funds Sanctioned  (Rs. Cr.)

Funds Released
(Rs. Cr.)

1

Andhra Pradesh

Construction of coastal Berth at VPT

VPT

2015-16

40.00

30.00

30.00

2

Andhra Pradesh

Construction of passenger jetty at Bhavani island

APTDC

2016-17

22.00

10.00

5.00

Sub-Total Andhra Pradesh Projects

62.00

40.00

35.00

3

Gujarat

Dedicated coastal berth for passenger/cargo by sea at Porbandar Port

Gujarat Maritime Board

2016-17

37.00

18.50

9.25

4

Gujarat

Construction of  coastal berth at Navlakhi

Gujarat Maritime Board

2016-17

108.00

41.30

20.65

Sub-Total Gujarat Projects

145.00

59.80

29.90

5

Karnataka

Construction of Coastal Berth for Coastal Cargo at Old Mangaluru Port

Ports & Inland Water Transport department, Karwar

2017-18

65.00

25.00

12.50

6

Karnataka

Capital Dredging at Old Port Mangalore (Bengre Side)

Ports & Inland Water Transport department, Karwar

2017-18

29.00

14.50

7.25

7

Karnataka

Construction of Berth of 250 Mtrs at Karwar Port

Ports & Inland Water Transport department, Karwar

2017-18

61.00

25.00

12.50

8

Karnataka

Extension of existing Southern breakwater by 145 mtrs. at Karwar port and construction of 1,160 m northern break-water at Karwar Port

Ports & Inland Water Transport department, Karwar

2017-18

224.00

50.00

25.00

Sub-Total Karnataka Projects

379.00

114.50

57.25

9

Kerala

Refurbishment and Capacity enhancement of  Coastal liquid terminal at CoPT

CoPT

2015-16

19.95

14.96

12.77

10

Kerala

Construction of Multipurpose Coastal Berth at Kollam

Govt. of Kerala

2017-18

18.50

7.24

3.62

Sub-Total Kerala Projects

38.45

22.20

16.39

11

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Gorai

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

6.90

3.45

1.73

12

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Vasai

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

6.74

3.37

1.69

13

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Bhayander

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

14.15

7.10

3.54

14

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Narangi (Virar)

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

6.75

3.37

1.69

15

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Kharwadeshwari (Palghar)

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

12.92

6.46

3.23

16

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Manori

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

6.59

3.29

1.65

17

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Ghodbunder

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

7.50

3.75

1.88

18

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Malvan, Singhudurg

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2016-17

10.23

5.11

2.56

19

Maharashtra

Construction of jetties at Borivali

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2017-18

15.47

7.74

3.87

20

Maharashtra

Construction of Coastal Berth at JNPT

JNPT

2017-18

170.00

25.00

12.50

21

Maharashtra

Capital dredging in Navigational Channel for Ro-Ro Pax Services at Mandwa

Maharashtra Maritime Board

2017-18

18.12

9.06

4.53

Sub-Total Maharashtra Projects

275.37

77.70

38.87

22

Tamil Nadu

Construction of Breakwater both in North and South side of entrance channel at Cuddalore Port & Construction of Coastal Berth 1 & 2 and Capital Dredging of Channel

Tamil Nadu Maritime Board

2016-17

135.00

67.50

33.75

23

Tamil Nadu

Coastal Cargo Berth at ChPT

ChPT

2015-16

80.00

30.00

27.00

24

Tamil Nadu

Coastal berth with dredged depth of (-)10.0m to handle vessels up to 15000 DWT(length 150m) at VoCPT

VoCPT

2015-16

42.70

25.00

24.19

25

Tamil Nadu

Dredging in front of dedicated coastal berth at VoCPT

VoCPT

2017-18

41.78

20.88

10.44

Sub-Total Tamil Nadu Projects

299.48

143.38

95.38

26

West Bengal

The upgrading of the berth No 2 and 11 KPD  for coastal vessels at KoPT

KoPT

2015-16

7.50

5.03

2.51

Sub-Total West Bengal Projects

7.50

5.03

2.51

Total Projects Funded under Coastal Berth Scheme

1,206.80

462.60

275.30

 

This information was  given by the Minister of State for Shipping Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 

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