Maharashtra has ongoing PPP port projects worth Rs 12,000 cr: Assocham

While there are 21 PPP projects in the port sector with a share of 52% worth over Rs 43,000 cre under construction

Maharashtra ranks second in under-construction and under-bidding port projects under public-private partnership (PPP), with a share of 15 per cent and 37 per cent, respectively, in value terms, according to a report by Assocham released here today.

“In Maharashtra, total of five completed port projects worth over Rs 3,700 crore have been put to service delivery under the PPP model, while three projects each worth over Rs 6,700 crore and Rs 5,100 crore are under construction and under bidding respectively in the state,” the study, titled Port Developments in India, noted. The figures are as of April 30.

“Out of the total 881 PPP projects worth over Rs 5.4 lakh crore taken up under the PPP model, 62 projects in the port sector worth over Rs 82,000 crore are in the different stages of implementation,” said D S Rawat, national secretary-general of Assocham, while releasing the chamber’s study.

While there are 21 PPP projects in the port sector with a share of 52 per cent worth over Rs 43,000 crore under construction, eight projects worth Rs 14,000 crore with a share of 17 per cent are under bidding, said Rawat. “Of the remaining, one project is in the expression of interest stage (EOI) and one has been cancelled.”

With three port projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore under construction, Andhra Pradesh has the maximum share of over 46 per cent in this category, highlights the Assocham study. With two projects worth over Rs 5,500 crore, Kerala has the maximum share of about 40 per cent in the PPP ports projects under bidding. Gujarat tops the completed projects’ list, with 12 PPP projects worth over Rs 12,400 crore. Odisha ranks second with two port projects worth over Rs 4,100 crore completed and put to operation in the PPP mode, followed by Maharashtra with five projects worth over Rs 3,700 crore under operation.

With a share of over 53 per cent, Gujarat tops the nine maritime states as it could create almost double the capacity at the minor ports than was envisaged in the 11th Plan, highlights the Assocham study. “The capacity of India’s nine maritime states — Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu  — as on March 31, 2007, was about 228.3 million tonnes, which was expected to add about 337.4 million tonnes during 2007-12 and the capacity realised as on March 31, 2011, was 418.3 million tonnes,” said Rawat.

He added that Odisha is the only state other than Gujarat to realise capacity addition of about 23 million tonnes from zero capacity during the first four years of the 11th Plan.