PRE-FEASIBISLITY REPORT FOR OBTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL & CRZ CLEARANCE FOR BALANCE WORK OF CONSTRUCTION OF 14th & 16th CARGO BERTH THROUGH INTERNAL RESOURCES By DEENDAYAL PORT TRUST (ERSTWHILE: KANDLA PORT TRUST), Pre-Feasibility Report for Construction of 14th & 16th CB through internal resources-EC & CRZ Clearance for Balance work at DPT, Kandla. CONTENTS Chapter Title Page Nos. Nos. Executive Summary 2 1 Introduction 4 2 Introduction of the Project / Background 4 Information 3 Project Description 7 4 Site Analysis 14 5 Planning Brief 16 6 Proposed Infrastructure 16 7 Resettlement and Rehabilitation Plan 17 8 Project Schedule and Cost Estimate 17 Page 1 of 17 Pre-Feasibility Report for Construction of 14th & 16th CB through internal resources-EC & CRZ Clearance for Balance work at DPT, Kandla. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Deendayal Port is one of the busiest Ports of India. Deendayal Port has been achieving first position among all the Major Ports of India in the terms of cargo handling for the most of the years in last decade. Thus, Deendayal Port Trust has been contributing the most for the development of port capacity and handling seaborne trade of the country. Kandla is the nearest port for most of northern India comprising of the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and parts of Uttar Pradesh. Many industries have also come up in the Kachchh&Saurashtra Regions of Gujarat, which use the port for import of raw materials and export of finished goods. The project is designed to increase cargo handling capacity of the port, which will reduce turn-around time of ships. The improved efficiency will benefit shipping companies as well as port users by reducing costs. Increased cargo-throughput will also increase Deendayal Port’s income.Hence, considering the vast hinterland that is dependent on DPT for seaborne trade and currently prevailing traffic congestion at existing facilities of DPT, capacity additions are of utmost importance at DPT for serving the economy of the influence region and in turn, the economy of the whole country in the best possible manner. Presently Deendayal Port Trust has 14 Nos. of cargo berth located on the western side of Kandla Creek. The 6 oil jetties for handling POL products and other liquid cargo traffic at Deendayal and 3 Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) at Vadinar for handling crude oil. DPT has entered into concession agreement with concessioner to develop and operate container terminal at existing 11th & 12th cargo berth. EC & CRZ Clearance Status: The MoEF, GoI had granted Environmental Clearance for Construction of 13th to 16th Cargo Berth at Kandla Port vide letter No 11-70/2006-IA-III dated September, 2008 as per the provisions of EIA notification, 2006 & CRZ notification, 1991. The validity period of EC for the subject proposal (vide letter dated Sep. 2008) is 5 years w.e.f. Sep, 2008 to August, 2013 as per the provisions of EIA notification, 2006. Further, MoEF & CC, GoI vide their letter No. 11/70/2006-IA-III dated 07/02/2014 has extended the validity of the Environment Clearance till 30/09/2018. Theproject parameters covered in the EC & CRZ Clearance granted by the MoEF,GoI consisting of 4 berth (each of size 300 m long X 55 m wide), area required for the project is 102.17 ha which includes backup area and common Page 2 of 17 Pre-Feasibility Report for Construction of 14th & 16th CB through internal resources-EC & CRZ Clearance for Balance work at DPT, Kandla. corridor, capital dredging 4 lakhs m3 ( 4 berths – for draught 14 m), and also area required for disposal of dredged material i.e. 1200m x 350 m. BACKGROUND: Initially DPT had invited bids for construction, operation and maintenance of 13th to 16th Cargo Berth for the period of 30 years as per Public Private Partnership (PPP) guidelines of Ministry of Shipping, GoI in the year 2009. But, after opening of the financial Bid, only one bidder for 13th Cargo Berth i.e. H1 bidder was finalized. However, looking towards the lower revenue share quoted by the other bidders for 14th to 16th Cargo Berth, it was decided to re-invite the financial bids as advised by the Ministry of Shipping, GoI from among already prequalified bidders. Accordingly, bids were re-invited again during the period June 2010 and letter of award issued to H1 bidders for 14th, 15th & 16th Berth respectively. Among them, DPT signed concession agreement with H1 bidders of 15th (M/s JRE Infra. Pvt.Ltd.) & 16th (M/s PSL Ltd.), on 18/02/2011. However, bidder of 14th Cargo Berth was backed out and accordingly, as per the advice of Ministry of Shipping, GoI afresh RFQ was invited for 14th Cargo Berth during the period September 2011 and finally DPT signed concession agreement with H1 bidder of 14th Cargo Berth also on 14/03/2013. BOT operator, of berth no. 13th (M/s RAS Infra.Port )& of berth no. 15th completed the construction works and started commercial operations on the said berths. The Concession Agreements with BOT operators were terminated due to non-fulfillment of obligation as per the provisions of the Concession Agreement, by the BOT operators. Subsequently, as per the advice of Ministry of Shipping, GoI Construction of 14th Berth for Multipurpose Cargo (other than Liquid/Container) & 16th Berth for Multipurpose Cargo (other than Liquid) is implement through internal resources of DPT. Accordingly, during March, 2017, DPT awarded the work of construction of 14th& 16th Berths to the L 1 contractor M/s AFCONs with scheduled date of completion 14th May, 2019 and accordingly, they have started the construction work from May, 2017 and the same is under progress. The project falls under Category “A”, listed in item no 7 (e) as per EIA notification – 2006, Amendment Nov.-2009 & April -2011 of the Ministry of Environment &Forest, New Delhi. Page 3 of 17 Pre-Feasibility Report for Construction of 14th & 16th CB through internal resources-EC & CRZ Clearance for Balance work at DPT, Kandla. The project area is located in the Cargo Berth area of Deendayal Port, Kandla. The area falls under the village Kandla in Gandhidham Taluk of Kachchh District of Gujarat between at Latitude: 23° 01’N Longitude: 17°13’E on shores of Kandla creek. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Deendayal Port is a major port located at the north-western apex of the Gulf of Kutch in Gandhidham Taluk of Kachchh District of Gujarat. The port is presently handling 110 Million Tonnes per Year (Mt/yr) of cargo which is the highest amongst all Indian Ports. Presently, Kandla Port handles dry cargo at its 14 general cargo berths, 6 oil jetties for handling POL products and other liquid cargo traffic at Kandla and 3 Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) at Vadinar for handling crude oil. The traffic handled by the Port has shown a consistent increase and growing at a faster pace. The total traffic (both liquid and dry cargo) handled by the Port has gone from 41.52 million tones in 2003-04 to 105.00 million tones in 2016 -17. It shows the CAGR of 8.10% over the said ten years’ period. During 2015-16, Deendayal Port handled 110.00 MMT of cargo, which is 16.50% of total cargo traffic handled by all twelve major ports. Dry cargo (excluding liquids and containers) have been the significant portion of the total cargo handled at DPT. It has been hovering around 25-32% during the last decade. Dry cargo traffic has been growing steadily at CAGR around 8% during the last 10 year’s analysis. 2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 2.1 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT: Kandla, also known as the Deendayal Port Trust is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India, near the city of Gandhidham. The Deendayal Port is situated in the Kandla Creek and is about 90 nautical miles from the mouth of Gulf of Kachchh. Deendayal Port's journey began in 1931 with construction of RCC Jetty by MaharaoKhengarji. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast. Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India, after the partition of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan. The Port of Deendayal is located on the Gulf of Kutch on the northwestern coast of Page 4 of 17 Pre-Feasibility Report for Construction of 14th & 16th CB through internal resources-EC & CRZ Clearance for Balance work at DPT, Kandla. India some 256 nautical miles southeast of the Port of Karachi in Pakistan and over 430 nautical miles north-northwest of the Port of Mumbai (Bombay). It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled. It rose to the No. 1 Port in India in the year 2007-08 and since then retained the position for the 10th' consecutive year. 2.2 BRIEF INFORMATION OF THE PROJECT: Presently Deendayal Port Trust has 14 nos. of cargo berth located on the western side of Kandla Creek. The 6 oil jetties for handling POL products and other liquid cargo traffic at Deendayal and 3 Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) at Vadinar for handling crude oil. DPT has entered into concession agreement with concessioner to develop and operate container terminal at existing 11th & 12th cargo berth. Out of total four berths, construction activities of CB no. 13th & 15th completed by the BOT operator of the said berths (M/s RAS Infraport & M/s JRE Infra.Pvt.Ltd.) and also started commercial operation from the year 2013. However, concession agreements were terminated with the BOT operators due to non fulfilment of obligations by them.