Astaranga, Puri (Navayuga interested), Bahabalpur, Balasore (unlikely), Bahuda Muhana, Ganjam (many interested), Balasore, Baliharchandi, Puri (many interested), Barunei, Kendrapada (many interested), Bhadrakh, Chandbali, Chandipur, Balasore (Unlikely), Chudamani, Bhadrakh (Birlas interested), Dhamara port (under constr.), Ganjam, Gopalpur port (under constr.), Inchudi, Balasore (many interested), Jagatsinghpur, Jatadhari port (POSCO), Kendrapada, Kirtania, Balasore (Creative ports, Chennai interested), Overall Orissa, Palur, Ganjam (Future metals interested), Paradeep port, Puri, Talsari (Bichitrapur) - JSW interested chitta
Update:Tathya has a recent report on who is pursuing which port. Following is a table based on that info.
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Update: Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindu.
…“The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) had objected to construction of a port at Inchudi which was close to test range at Chandipur”, Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy said after holding a discussion with the DRDO personnel here on Frida y.
The state government, which was planning at least five ports in Balasore coast, had received green signal from DRDO for four other ports at Bahalpur, Chudamani, Chandipur and Kirtania. Only one port at Inchudi was objected to, he said.
Meanwhile, the state government had already signed MoU with a private firm for setting up a port at Kirtania. The DRDO objected to the port at Inchudi because it fell within the 50 km range of the test range at Chandipur. The state government, however, claimed that though the Revenue village at Inchudi came under the 50 km radius of the test range, the proposed port is located at its border and well outside the specified distance.
The state government’s argument was not accepted by the DRDO officials who attended the meeting and asked the administration to submit a detailed project report with the Defence ministry again before going ahead with the port proposal at Inchudi.
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
The Ministry of Defence has raised objections to the ports like Enchudi, Chandbali, Kirtania, Bahabalpur and Chudamani. However, the State Government has raised objections to it. It has pointed the DRDO had passed the proposals in way back in 1996. The Government officials pointed out that it should have raised the objections at that time when the State submitted proposals for their clearance.
Meanwhile, a high-level team of Defence officials called on the Chief Secretary and discussed these issues. “We will soon sort out the problem. Efforts would me be made to keep the interest of the State,” said the team leader of the Defence officials. The State Government has already singed MoU for the Kirtania port.
Following is from a report in Telegraph.
Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Group is close to getting an approval from the Orissa government to build a port for its 10-million-tonne steel plant in Bengal.
The group has pitched for 4 out of the 12 bids offered by the Orissa government to investors for developing a port in the state.
Information trickling in from the government indicate that JSW may get the approval to build a port in Baleshwar district on the Bengal-Orissa border, south of Digha.
The port will cater to the upcoming steel plants in Bengal and Jharkhand.
Biswadip Gupta, joint managing director of JSW Bengal Steel Ltd, said the port would be closer to the project site than Haldia. “It will be about 110 km from our plant at Salboni in West Midnapur compared with a distance of 130 km from Haldia,” he said.
Note that there has been interest from others on a port in Kirtania. In particular, Creative ports signed an MOU about a port in Kirtania with Orissa government in 2006. Is JSW talking about a port in Kirtania or between Kirtania and Digha?
Following is from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36480.
RAJYA SABHA
The list of Ports where Railways are considering rail connectivity is given hereunder:
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S.No.
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State
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Port
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1.
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Maharashtra
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1. Rewas Port
2. PNP Port
3. Dighi Port
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2.
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Orissa
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1. Dharma Port
2. Kirtania Port
3. Gopalpur Port
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3.
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Andhra Pradesh
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1. Gangavaram Port
2. Krishnapatam Port
3. Machilipatnam Port
4. Nizampatnam Port
5. Kakinada Port
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4.
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Gujarat
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1. Hazira Port
2. Bedi Port
3. Porbandar Port
4. Rozi Port
5. Dahej Port
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5.
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Tamil Nadu
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1. Karaikal Port
2. Ennore Port
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6.
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Kerala
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1. Vallarpadam Port
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7.
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Karnataka
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1. Belekeri Port
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8.
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West Bengal
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1. Diamond Harbor
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The status of the proposals in Gujarat is as under :
Gujarat :
· Gujarat Maritime Board had commissioned M/s. RITES for a feasibility cum traffic survey report for providing rail connectivity to Rozi & Bedi Port from Windmill Station in year 2003. GMB has yet to approach Railways for rail connectivity.
· Gujarat Maritime Board had commissioner M/s RITES for a survey to provide connectivity to Porbandar Port. The report was submitted in June 2002. GMB is considering constructing a rail link of 5.1 km from Porbandar to Porbandar Port at their own cost.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri R. Velu in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Following is from a report in Telegraph.
Chennai-based Creative Port Development Private Limited today inked a concession agreement with the state government for sharing revenue from a Rs 2187 crore proposed deep-water, all-weather, mechanised port in Balasore.
The company, in December 2006, had signed an MoU with the government to develop the port on the Subernarekha river mouth at Kirtania in Balasore.
The first phase of the port with a handling capacity of 10MTPA has been planned to be commissioned by 2010 and ultimately its capacity would go up to 50MTPA by the 10th year.
As agreed, the company today signed the deal which enables the state to share revenue at the rate of five per cent from first to fifth year, eight per cent from sixth to 10th year, 10 per cent from 11th to 15th year and 12 per cent for the remaining 15 years.
CPDL would enjoy the concession for a period of 30 years, extendable by an additional period of 20 years.
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard. (Thanks to Deba Nayak for the pointer.)
… The company had signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Orissa government on December 2006. The port is proposed near the mouth of Subernarekha river and is estimated to cost Rs 2,000 crore.
According to state commerce minister Jaynarayan Misra, the company has made progress after the signing of the MoU. It has applied to the Centre for environmental clearance of the port project and has applied to the railway ministry for sanction of rail link.
However, the exact date of starting the construction work of the project can be known after the signing of the concession agreement, he said.
According to the provisions, the concession agreement needs to be signed within six months of the Mou. However, there has been a delay of about 4 months.
The company has sought 1,018 acre land for the port and 1,300 acres for the rail corridor. CPDPL will pay land premium as per the rates provided in the Industrial Policy Resolution-2007. However, the government is yet to provide any land to the company.
The minister said, the land acquisition for the project may not face much problem as the displacement of people will be minimal. Only eight families of the village Chaumukh will be displaced due to the project.
Official sources said, Kirtania port will come up on Build-Own-Operate-Share-Transfer (BOOST) mode. While the concession period will be 30 years, the government will have the power to extend it.
Astaranga, Puri (Navayuga interested), Bahabalpur, Balasore (unlikely), Bahuda Muhana, Ganjam (many interested), Balasore, Baliharchandi, Puri (many interested), Barunei, Kendrapada (many interested), Bhadrakh, Birlas, Chandipur, Balasore (Unlikely), Chudamani, Bhadrakh (Birlas interested), Dhamara port (under constr.), Ganjam, Gopalpur port (under constr.), Inchudi, Balasore (many interested), Jagatsinghpur, Jatadhari port (POSCO), Kendrapada, Kirtania, Balasore (Creative ports, Chennai interested), Palur, Ganjam (Future metals interested), Paradeep port, Ports and waterways, Puri chitta
Dharitri has a nice overview (page1, page2, page3) of the status of the various ports that Orissa plans to have. Following are some highlights from that report.
The article says that the Balasore district ports face problems from the Dept. of Defense because of the missile testing range nearby. The article does not mention the following plan:
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