The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has prepared a list of 30 port projects estimated at close to ₹1,00,000 crore to be implemented at stateowned ports on Public-private-Partnership (PPP) model over the next four years or by 2030, a top official has said.
This is in addition to some ₹20,000 crore worth of port projects that are in different stages of tendering.
“With the Budget announcement, we have submitted a pipeline of PPP projects close to ₹1,00,000 crore over the next four years. So, there is a robust pipeline of projects. The way it has been happening, it will gain more momentum,” R Lakshmanan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said at a media conference in Mumbai on August 12.
T K Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said that the PPP model is being used for mechanisation, upgradation, augmentation and re-construction of berths at major ports.
The PPP projects in the pipeline includes mechanisation of CQ-I and CQ-II Berths at Paradip Port on BOT basis (₹982 crore), augmentation of iron ore berth and construction of SQ-II Berth at Paradip Port on BOT basis (₹697 crore); mechanisation of multipurpose Berth at Paradip Port on BOT basis (₹631 crore), Bulk Terminals at Kamarajar Port Ltd (₹500 crore); re-construction of Berth No 8 and mechanisation of Berth Nos 7 and 8 at Netaji Subhas Dock of Kolkata Dock System in Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (formerly Kolkata Port) on DBFOT basis (₹699 crore); General Cargo Berth-1 at Chennai Port (₹221 crore) and development of Berth No 9 at Mormugao Port on PPP mode (₹200 crore).
(source: ET Infra)