Question : LABS AT SEA PORTS

(a) the number of sea-ports in the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of the quantum of food materials received from foreign countries at these ports during the last three years;

(c) whether additional fare is required to be paid if unloading of the goods takes undue delay in these ports;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether lab test of these food materials are undertaken before unloading it;

(f) if so, the facts thereof;

(g) whether such labs are there at the ports itself or such tests are to be got done from Mysore etc.;

(h) if so, whether the Government proposes to establish such labs at these sea ports; and

(i) if so, the time by which this is likely to be done?

MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI T.R. BAALU)

(a): There are 12 major ports and 187 non-major ports in the country. The state-wise details are as under:-

West Coast	Number of major ports	Number of non	East Coast	Number of major ports	Number of	-major ports	non-major ports
Gujarat	1	40	Tamil Nadu	3	15
Maharashtra	2	53	Andhra Pradesh	1	12
Karnataka	1	10	Orissa	1	2
Kerala	1	13	West Bengal	1	1
Goa	1 5	Pondicherry	-	1
Daman & Diu	- 2	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	-	23
Lakshadweep Island	-	10

Year	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
Quantity of food material in metric tones 2110524 2423998 2370153