Mangalore: Shipyard to Come up Near Tannirbavi
Vinobha K T/ENS
Mangalore, Feb 15: The coastal city, Mangalore will soon have a shipyard near Tannirbhavi in Old Mangalore Port area, if everything goes as planned.
The expert committee on Infrastructure Development and Miscellaneous Projects of the Ministry of Environment and Forests would recommend the Union Government for another mega project in Mangalore under the Special Economic Zone.
It is learnt that the meeting of the expert committee held in Mumbai recently has decided to recommend for a Rs 95 crore ship building yard near Tannirbhavi, Old Mangalore Port area in Mangalore by Bharti Shipyard Limited.
The project involves development of a ship building yard at Gurupur river estuary (Old Mangalore Port area) on a land that is near to Tannirbhavi village in Bolur Gram Panchayat. The site is located at Kudroli West, about 7.5 kilometres south of Mangalore Port.
The activities include construction phase, dredging, reclamation, solid waste, steel tailings, paint washing and effluent, launching of ships, ship running aground and oil spill.
The shipyard which will be developed in two phases requires 90 acres of land. The onshore shipyard facilities will be developed in an existing 28.3 acres of land belonging to the Mangalore Port.
Nearly 53 acres of area need to be reclaimed for the project. The water requirement of the project would be around 2,00,000 litres per day.
K Venugopal Shetty of Bharti Shipyard Limited told this website’s newspaper that 50 per cent of the process of acquisition of land had already over.
Remaining acquisition and project work would be done gradually, he said and added that the opposition from the fishermen in the region had been settled amicably.
Shipbuilding docks, outfitting jetties, wet basin, slipway, ship lift and other associated infrastructure will also be developed as part of the project.
Conditions
The expert committee has agreed to recommend the project in the meeting under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991 subject to the following conditions.
- Brackish water flow to the Mangroves to be maintained
- 50 m buffer to be provided around the mangroves
- A detailed mangrove management plan along with conservation measures and afforestation activities should be provided
- During construction and operation of the project there should be no disturbance to the mangroves
- Details of the quantity of dredging and the disposal of dredged material including reclamation should be provided
- No ground water should be drawn for the project.